-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kam Leo wrote: > On 6/7/07, Joe Barnett <joe.barnett@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Perry Myers wrote: >> > Antonio, >> > >> > I've seen this happen as well, and it wasn't disk related for me >> either. What I did find though was that there was a correlation >> between having esd enabled and the locking up on login. >> > >> > Try editing: >> > .gconf/desktop/gnome/sound/%gconf.xml >> > >> > in the user's home directory (from either root or a console login) >> and set event_sounds and enable_esd to false. They try logging in again. >> > >> > If this works please let me know... >> > >> > Perry >> > >> > antonio montagnani wrote: >> >> 2007/6/7, mack <mack.sessoms@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >>> in this situation, i usually log in as root and go after >> everything in >> >>> /tmp >> >>> that has the non-working userid in the file or directory name, log >> out >> >>> root, >> >>> try to log back in as user >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> what is strange is that if I log as root I find many processes still >> >> running under the sleeping user (i.e.gam_server, esd, >> >> bonobo-activation-server, nautilus) >> >> >> >> And after logging out from that user also the session closure window >> >> freezes and the only way to log out is by Ctrl+Alt+Backspace!!! >> >> >> >> Maybe the only way is to delete the user and re-create it, using all >> >> backup files.. >> >> >> > >> >> I, too, have been experiencing similar problems. Bad enough to make >> Fedora 7 unusable. I can get in and out of X two or three times >> before it becomes unusable. Even then, it might take two or three >> attempts to "startx" before a usable desktop appears. >> >> After those first few times, X/Gnome simply will not complete it's >> startup -- usually hanging with only the background image visible >> (in this case, the default Fedora 7 desktop image). >> CTRL+ALT+BCKSPACE usually gets me out. >> >> I started with an upgrade from Core 6, then cleaned out my entire >> home dir, then finally did a completely fresh install. All times >> the same thing happens. >> >> All the while I *can* get into X as root, though an occasional >> CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE is needed to get out. >> >> I have tried with and without sound enabled, with and without >> livna's kmod-nvidia*, and with varying levels of customization to my >> desktop. Each time it is the same. >> >> (*On a side note, this is the first release in quite some time which >> works on this machine without kmod-nvidia.) >> >> Otherwise, the machine is responsive, so if I cannot >> CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE out of X/Gnome, I can ssh from another machine and >> at least perform a relatively clean shutdown. >> >> Windows, Ubuntu, and OpenBSD operate on this machine without issue, >> as did Core 6. It has been so long since I have had to debug >> something like this that I can barely remember where to find logs >> and such. Nothing in /var/log contains anything which would >> indicate a problem with X/Gnome, is there another location where >> such logs might be kept? >> >> What to know about this machine? AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4GHz), >> 1.5GB RAM, nVidia sound (onboard stuff), nVidia 7600GT video. >> Plenty of space on the machine, including some 60GB free space on >> the /home partition. >> >> Anyone else dealing with something like this? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Joe > > Whose display driver are you using? > I have tried both nVidia's proprietary (livna's kmod-nvidia) and the default nv driver. Same behaviour with both. Thanks, Joe - -- E-mail: joe.barnett@xxxxxxxx Web: http://www.mr72.com/ AOL IM: JoeBarnett Phone: 623.670.1326 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGaOQLcGVxc16wzy0RAjIPAKCCTSlxx32U99UWunjBGSUvAMbs4gCfcWgs R8sMluJi6IHjiuJg9UGkx7k= =OqDq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
