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Guake, regualar and root terminals give me this error:
There was an error creating the child process for this terminal
. Also, X (or gnome?) crashes continuously and spontaneously, dunno if the two problems are related.
More errors:
"Failed to run gnome-terminal as user root", and "Failed to run ntfs-config as user root"
I'm logged in as myself, not root, so maybe I screwed up the permissions of some important file somewhere? If that's the case, how can I reset it?
Last edited by Csosa (2009-08-10 19:29:24)
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Try reading through /var/log/Xorg.0.log for any line that begins with (EE). That might help determine why X is crashing. You could also run
$tail /var/log/messges
to see if anything there helps you. Finally you could check
$dmesg
to see if theres any messages there. If you see some odd errors in reference to Gnome or X post them here, maybe we can help decipher them.
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/log/messages both gave me a 'file does not exist' error. dmesg gave a long list, repreating this same scary error:
[fglrx:firegl_find_any_map]*ERROR*Invalid map handle!<3>[fglrx:drm_vm_open]*ERROR*map not found ->inconsistent kernel data!!! vma_start: 0x7fe6f1720000,handle:0xbl004000
edit:
I found Xorg.0.log through nautilus and found this error:
(EE) Failed to load module "fgl.renamed.libglx" (module does not exist, 0),
I messages.log I found:
WARNING: Failed to send buffer
WARNING: Running '/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --shutdown' at logout returned an exit status of '15'
and
'acpi:LNXSYSTM:' is not a valid module or alias name
(the first of many) and
[fglrx] GART Table is not in FRAME_BUFFER range
So many errors, I had no idea :-O
Last edited by Csosa (2009-08-10 20:07:47)
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Also check .xsession-errors in your home folder.
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.xsessions-errors was such a long convoluted mess that I put the whole thing here:
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
/etc/gdm/Xsession: ssh-agent not found!
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: gnome-session
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-BdZBRd/socket
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-BdZBRd/socket.ssh
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /home/carlito/.config/metacity/sessions/107e31367c6303f7d5124993186487870300000059170021.ms: Failed to open file '/home/carlito/.config/metacity/sessions/107e31367c6303f7d5124993186487870300000059170021.ms': No such file or directory
gnome-session[5917]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'dropbox.desktop': Unable to start application: Failed to execute child process "dropbox" (No such file or directory)
wireless device set in config :
wireless device used : eth0
interface eth0 up . Waking up device ...
Looking for known wireless networks ...
autoconnect : profile already in use.
1.1.9
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/deluge/ui/gtkui/mainwindow.py:63: GtkWarning: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/carlito/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
"glade/main_window.glade"))
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py:58: GtkWarning: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/carlito/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
"glade/preferences_dialog.glade"))
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/deluge/ui/gtkui/addtorrentdialog.py:59: GtkWarning: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/carlito/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
"deluge.ui.gtkui", "glade/add_torrent_dialog.glade"))
Window manager warning: Invalid WM_TRANSIENT_FOR window 0x1a00003 specified for 0x1a0002c ().
Window manager warning: Invalid WM_TRANSIENT_FOR window 0x3200003 specified for 0x320002c ().
INFO : Launching ntfs-config with gksu...
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(firefox:6092): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed
(gksu:7109): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed
INFO : Launching ntfs-config with gksu...
(gksu:7232): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed
** Message: Initializing gksu extension...
** (nautilus:7488): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Not supported
--- Hash table keys for warning below:
--> file:///etc
--> computer:///
--> file:///
(nautilus:7488): Eel-WARNING **: "nautilus-metafile.c: metafiles" hash table still has 3 elements at quit time (keys above)
(nautilus:7488): Eel-WARNING **: "nautilus-directory.c: directories" hash table still has 4 elements at quit time
** Message: Initializing gksu extension...
** (nautilus:7794): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Not supported
(metacity-dialog:8077): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed
** Message: Initializing gksu extension...
** (nautilus:10732): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Operation not supported
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Did this start after a kernel or video driver update. Which kernel version are you on and what is your video card?
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I'm not sure exactly what my kernel version is but I ran pacman -Syu yesterday so it should be the latest.
I think all this began after I switch to the proprietary Ati driver
I could try reverting back to the open-source one but before I do I'd like to know if the proprietary driver itself is causing the problem and not me installing it incorrectly or whatever.
Last edited by Csosa (2009-08-10 20:18:32)
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I use nvidia and don't know anything about Ati unfortunately. But I googled some of the errors and found this:
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yes, thats exactly the error I have. Unless anyone suggests something else I'm going to try switching back to open-source. And fron gnome to E17(maybe) while I'm at it.
Last edited by Csosa (2009-08-10 20:44:53)
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