Bug 157554 – cannot start gnome

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Monica Jae 2006-12-08 18:29:24 UTC]

emerge --info
Portage 2.1.2_rc2-r5 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.18-gentoo-r2 i686)
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System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo-r2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6
Last Sync: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:30:01 +0000
ccache version 2.3 [disabled]   
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4      
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5   
dev-util/ccache:     2.3
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O3 -mtune=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr -ftracer -pipe -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mtune=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -fforce-addr -ftracer -pipe -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo "
LINGUAS="en"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dfx 3dnow 3dnowext X Xaw3d a52 aac aalib aiglx alsa alsa_cards_cmipci ao apm as avahi avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts brnet cairo cddb cdparanoia cdr cdrom cli cpudetection cracklib crypt cups curl dbo dbox2 dbus de_tvtoday dga directfb djvu dlloader dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdread dvi dxr3 eds elibc_glibc emboss enca encode esd exif fbcon ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran fpx freebox gd gdbm ggi gif gimp glitz gphoto2 gpm graphlcd graphviz gstreamer gtk2 hal hdhomerun iconv id3 imagemagick imlib input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog iso ivtv joystick jpeg jpeg2k jpg kde kernel_linux lame lcd libcaca libg++ libwww linguas_en live mad mikmod mmap mmx mmxext mng modplug mono motif mp3 mp4 mp4live mpeg mpeg2 mpg mpg123 musepack ncurses nfs nls nsplugin nvtv ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pcre perl player png portaudio pppd pulseaudio python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline real reflection rtc samba scanner sdl session smp sndfile spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg svga tcpd tga theora tiff timidity truetype truetype-fonts tv_check tv_pick_cgi type1-fonts uk_bleb uk_rt usb userland_GNU vcd vdr video_cards_nvidia vidix vorbis wav widescreen win win32codecs wma wmf xanim xcomposite xext xine xinerama xinetd xml xorg xosd xv xvid xvmc zlib zvbi"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

After having been able to start gnome, using beryl, rotating up within the WM environment, not being able to get back to a desktop (rotate down), ctrl+alt+backspace, startx again, invoking gnome-session gives 2 error pop-ups regarding "problem registering the panel with bonobo-activation server" and "cannot start nautilus".
Tried the "fix" referred to in bug 39223, still same error.  

equery list gnome
[ Searching for package 'gnome' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [  ] app-admin/gnome-system-tools-2.14.0 (0)
[I--] [ ~] app-text/gnome-doc-utils-0.8.0 (0)
[I--] [  ] app-text/gnome-spell-1.0.7-r1 (1)
[I--] [ ~] dev-dotnet/gnome-sharp-2.16.0 (2)
[I--] [ ~] dev-dotnet/gnomevfs-sharp-2.16.0 (2)
[I--] [ ~] dev-python/gnome-python-2.16.2 (2)
[I--] [ ~] dev-python/gnome-python-desktop-2.16.0 (0)
[I--] [  ] dev-python/gnome-python-extras-2.14.0-r1 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-2.16.0-r1 (2.0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.16.2 (2)
[I--] [  ] gnome-base/gnome-common-2.12.0 (3)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-desktop-2.16.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-keyring-0.6.0 (0)
[I--] [M ] gnome-base/gnome-libs-1.4.2 (1)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-menus-2.16.1 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-mime-data-2.4.3 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-mount-0.4-r5 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-panel-2.16.2 (0)
[I--] [M ] gnome-base/gnome-print-0.37 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-session-2.16.1 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.16.3 (2)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-vfs-monikers-2.15.3 (2)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/gnome-volume-manager-2.15.0 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-base/libgnome-2.16.0 (0)
[I--] [  ] gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.14.0 (0)
[I--] [  ] gnome-base/libgnomeprint-2.12.1 (2.2)
[I--] [  ] gnome-base/libgnomeprintui-2.12.1 (2.2)
[I--] [  ] gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.16.1 (0)
[I--] [  ] gnome-extra/gnome-audio-2.0.0 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-extra/gnome-games-2.16.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-extra/gnome-keyring-manager-2.16.0-r1 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-extra/gnome-media-2.16.1 (2)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-extra/gnome-power-manager-2.16.2 (0)
[I--] [M~] gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver-2.16.1 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor-2.16.1 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-extra/gnome-utils-2.16.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] gnome-extra/gnome2-user-docs-2.16.1 (0)
[I--] [ ~] media-plugins/gst-plugins-gnomevfs-0.10.10 (0.10)
[I--] [  ] net-analyzer/gnome-netstatus-2.12.0 (0)
[I--] [ ~] net-analyzer/gnome-nettool-2.16.0 (0)
[I--] [  ] net-print/gnome-cups-manager-0.31-r2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] net-print/libgnomecups-0.2.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] x11-terms/gnome-terminal-2.16.1 (0)
[I--] [ ~] x11-themes/gnome-backgrounds-2.16.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-2.16.1 (0)
[I--] [ ~] x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.16.2 (0)

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equery list xorg-server
[ Searching for package 'xorg-server' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [ ~] x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r2 (0)

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equery list xorg-x11   
[ Searching for package 'xorg-x11' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [  ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.1 (0)

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equery list beryl        
[ Searching for package 'beryl' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [ ~] x11-misc/beryl-manager-0.1.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] x11-misc/beryl-settings-0.1.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] x11-plugins/beryl-dbus-0.1.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] x11-plugins/beryl-plugins-0.1.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] x11-wm/beryl-0.1.2 (0)
[I--] [ ~] x11-wm/beryl-core-0.1.2 (0)

[Comment 1 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2006-12-09 00:19:45 UTC]

First of all, try to tone down your CFLAGS. Please read http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/gnome/gnome-policy.xml#doc_chap2

If you could try to do a revdep-rebuild. It looks like you updated evolution-data-server which usually breaks gnome-panel.

[Comment 2 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) 2007-06-16 09:30:21 UTC]

you need to check if anything is still running after you do ctrl+alt+backspace. The panel failing to register is often a sign of bonobo-activation-server not dying.
you also need to check/attach your .xsession-errors

[Comment 3 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) 2007-07-07 11:48:25 UTC]

setting to needinfo 'till reported get us some news