Strange Issue with Gnome [solved!]

david_e · 2006-08-28 22:29:43

I have recently downloaded and installed arch linux.

Everithing went fine evenif I had to work for my Realtek wireless to be started automatically at boot: I had to add a second script in rc.local which does the same things the network script does again... (iwconfig .... ifconfig up ...) I didn't understood why now it does work, but it doesn't matter. I am telling you these things as they may be linked to my problem.

Gnome+gdm is working fine, but when my wireless access point is down or I am away from home and don't have any connection gnome doesn't start! It freezes at the splash screen....

I have tried starting my computer with the wireless turned off: Gnome doesn't start, but if I switch to bash, light my card and start the WLAN then everithing start working! I can switch back to gdm ( ctrl+alt+F7 ) and gnome starts without a problem.

It looks like a Gnome bug as Fluxbox doesn't have this problem.

Should I fill a bug report or there could be some error in my config?

PS : Sorry 4 my English.....

chrismortimore · 2006-08-28 22:33:37

Check you have lo up, and /etc/hosts is set up so your machine name points to the lo address.

david_e · 2006-08-28 22:58:21

Thanks for the reply.

Sorry I am a newbie and I don't know what exactly I have to look for.

This is my /etc/hosts. I have never touch it since the install.

#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip>   <hostname>   <hostname>
127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain   localhost

# End of file

PS : Don't know if it does matter: I have installed Arch from another distro following the wicky. Didn't use the installation cd....

chrismortimore · 2006-08-28 23:05:08

Firstly, as root run "ifconfig lo". You should get something like this if it is set up properly:

[root@toaster ~]# ifconfig lo
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:11845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:11845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1596924 (1.5 Mb)  TX bytes:1596924 (1.5 Mb)

Note it has "inet addr" set to 127.0.0.1. If the interface is not actually up, it won't have inet addr set.

Your hosts file looks ok, but I'm not too sure of the inner workings of Gnome, so you might want to change it to something like this:

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost       toaster

Note, my computer is called "toaster", you'll want to change that to whatever HOSTNAME is set to in /etc/rc.conf. This way, it doesn't matter whether I'm on the network or not, and whether something tries to access the computer using localhost or the host name (toaster), it'll always succeed because it doesn't rely on the network at all, just the loopback device.

EDIT: And your install method shouldn't matter, as long as you followed it properly

david_e · 2006-08-28 23:18:11

Thanks! The problem is now solved! (will edit the title to add "solved" in a cupple of minutes)

I changed my /etc/hosts like you said and Gnome starts with the wireless off without any issue!

chrismortimore · 2006-08-28 23:23:02

Pleasure to be of service

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#1 2006-08-28 22:29:43

Strange Issue with Gnome [solved!]

#2 2006-08-28 22:33:37

Re: Strange Issue with Gnome [solved!]

#3 2006-08-28 22:58:21

Re: Strange Issue with Gnome [solved!]

#4 2006-08-28 23:05:08

Re: Strange Issue with Gnome [solved!]

#5 2006-08-28 23:18:11

Re: Strange Issue with Gnome [solved!]

#6 2006-08-28 23:23:02

Re: Strange Issue with Gnome [solved!]

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