gnome 2.8.1 start problem - stays at splash screen

schwarzygesetzlos

Howdy!

I emerged gdm, gnome-light, gnome-volume-manager on my Reiser4-gentoo (mm-sources-r2) and encountered no problems so far during the emerge. But when logging in with gdm I don't get any further than the splash screen...

It's no freeze whatsoever - I can use the mouse or login to another terminal, etc. But after 5min gnome is still at the splash screen and no disk activity.

I've already read a few posts and did the following:
cd /tmp/ && rm -rf *
cleared the gnome-related stuff out of the HOME-directory (rm -rf .gnome* .gconf* .ICE*)

But up to now the problem persists and I can't log in.

Genfoo' · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 112

This happened to me once and it was because I turned on the gnome system sounds without esound installed. I emerged esound and gnome started fine.

It also works if you change the sink and source selections in 'Gstreamer Preferences' to something other than Enlightenment Sound Daemon.

schwarzygesetzlos · Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject:

esound was already emerged, gstreamer not. So i re-emerged esound and emerged gstreamer. Emerging went fine so far...

But gnome still doesn't start... Are there any config files I could edit?

gdave · n00b Joined: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 44 Location: SC

I have the same problems.