View Full Version : [gnome] [SOLVED] HELP! HELP! Can't get gconfd or anything to run
tipiglen
December 22nd, 2008, 01:46 AM
I was shutting down and suddenly there was a power cut.
On restart, I get to normal login screen, username, password, usual wait for music, then blank black screen, and a message telling me
Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that
you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks
due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information.
and another saying the power manager cannot be started and I ahould se my administrator )that's me, and I'm clueless)
In shell terminal as root, I can't get gconftool to spawn gconfd
I'm in bloody ******* just to get to the forum.
PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP!
I await a good Samaritan
ed
albinootje
December 22nd, 2008, 01:58 AM
I was shutting down and suddenly there was a power cut.
On restart, I get to normal login screen, username, password, usual wait for music, then blank black screen, and a message telling me
and another saying the power manager cannot be started and I ahould se my administrator )that's me, and I'm clueless)
In shell terminal as root, I can't get gconftool to spawn gconfd
Can you boot in "recovery mode", "drop to root shell prompt",
and do this :
chown -R username:username /home/username
rm -r /tmp/orbit-*
rm -r /tmp/esd-*
init 2
where "username" is the name of your user.
tipiglen
December 22nd, 2008, 02:49 AM
Can you boot in "recovery mode", "drop to root shell prompt",
and do this :
Code:
chown -R username:username /home/username
rm -r /tmp/orbit-*
rm -r /tmp/esd-*
init 2
where "username" is the name of your user. I'll try in a few minutes when I go back to linux. I don't thing I have those files in my /tmp directory. I don't have a clue what orbit is.
I haven't looked to see why I might no longer oen my oen home directory, but I'll give it a try.
I'm getting very frustrated. I tried
/etc/init.d/gdm restartand all that happens is I get a login screen which won't accept input. Ctrl/Alt/f1 gets me back to shell, ...
find -name gconfdgets nothing.
Grrrrr!
ed
albinootje
December 22nd, 2008, 03:07 AM
I'll try in a few minutes when I go back to linux. I don't thing I have those files in my /tmp directory. I don't have a clue what orbit is.
Can you install the following :
sudo apt-get install icewm
And then choose "icewm" as "session" at the gdm screen.
Then you have a better change to log in and fix things.
And do you have any files in /lost+found ?
Aearenda
December 22nd, 2008, 03:16 AM
I'd be doing what albinootje said in the first post, assuming the fsck stage of startup works without complaint :-)
tipiglen
December 22nd, 2008, 04:00 AM
well, I got in with
/etc/init.d/gdm restart(somehow), by opening "another" X.
Seems to be working OK, but I don't know what happens if I shut down and restart... we'll see in a few moments.
I'll check out icewm later perhaps
I'll check back in awhile (If I can get back)
;-)
ed
tipiglen
December 22nd, 2008, 04:14 AM
Back in just like nothing had happened.
I did do one important thing
mv /home/ed/.gconfd/saved_state /home/ed/.gconfd/saved_state~ Which I think is the key to being able to re-start. I reckon the saved_state file got corrupted due to the power cutoff during shutdown....
Now there's a new one.
I hope this may be of use to anyone else who has this problem
Thanks guys and gals for your thoughts
A happy ed
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albinootje
December 22nd, 2008, 04:24 AM
Back in just like nothing had happened.
I did do one important thing
mv /home/ed/.gconfd/saved_state /home/ed/.gconfd/saved_state~
Good! :)
I still recommend checking whether there are any files in /lost+found to get an idea whether you lost some files after that sudden shutdown.
tipiglen
December 22nd, 2008, 04:40 AM
Lost + Found is empty. Thanks.
Happy Solstice (+1)
ed
iFrag_svk
December 29th, 2008, 11:00 AM
Thank you, I had the same problem.
mv /home/username/.gconfd/saved_state /home/username/.gconfd/saved_state~
solved it. :)
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