Cannot find or run the base session script
I am running FC2 with the default 2.6.5-1.358 kernel. Just recently (today, 06/04/04), after performing an update via yum, restarting the computer, and logging in, I get the following error message:
"Cannot find or run the base session script, will try the GNOME failsafe session for you." After this everything seems normal. I tried to log into KDE, instead of Gnome, but I get the same error message and the desktop looks like Gnome. Here is a post of my yum.log file. I think it may have to do with one of the packages I upgraded/installed on 06/04/04...i.e. the last three, but I'm not sure. Can I downgrade to the previous versions? I would appreciate any help in this matter, as I appear to be unable to run startup scripts. Thanks. 05/21/04 17:01:01 Updated: kdelibs 6:3.2.2-6.i386 05/21/04 17:01:01 Updated: libgnome 2.6.0-3.i386 05/21/04 17:01:01 Updated: cvs 1.11.15-6.i386 05/21/04 17:01:01 Updated: nfs-utils 1.0.6-22.i386 05/22/04 14:42:46 Installed: xine 0.99.1-1.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/22/04 14:42:46 Dep Installed: xvidcore 1.0.0-1.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/22/04 14:42:46 Dep Installed: libfame 0.9.1-1.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/22/04 14:42:46 Dep Installed: freeglut 2.2.0-11.i386 05/22/04 14:42:46 Dep Installed: xine-lib 1.0.0-0.13.rc4a.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/22/04 14:42:46 Dep Installed: aalib 1.4.0-5.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/22/04 14:42:46 Dep Installed: libdvdcss 1.2.8-4.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/24/04 18:09:43 Dep Installed: id3lib 3.8.3-6.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/24/04 18:09:43 Updated: yum 2.0.7-2.fc.fr.noarch 05/24/04 18:09:43 Updated: gthumb 2.3.3-1.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/24/04 18:09:43 Updated: xmms-mp3 1:1.2.10-2.2.p.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/24/04 18:09:43 Updated: xmms 1:1.2.10-2.2.p.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/24/04 18:09:43 Updated: rhythmbox 0.8.4-1.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/24/04 18:09:43 Updated: grip 1:3.2.0-2.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/24/04 18:09:43 Updated: xmms-skins 1:1.2.10-2.2.p.1.fc2.fr.i386 05/28/04 13:41:44 Updated: flash-plugin 7.0.25-1.i386 06/03/04 14:17:16 Installed: mozplugger 1.5.2-1.i386 06/03/04 14:18:09 Updated: xinitrc 3.41-1.noarch 06/03/04 15:03:18 Installed: mplayer 1.0-0.10.pre4.1.fc2.fr.i386 06/03/04 15:03:18 Dep Installed: faad2 2.0-1.1.fc2.fr.i386 06/03/04 15:03:18 Dep Installed: libmad 0.15.1b-2.1.fc2.fr.i386 06/03/04 15:03:18 Dep Installed: mplayer-fonts 1.1-2.fr.noarch 06/03/04 15:03:18 Dep Installed: lirc 0.6.6-2.1.fc2.fr.i386 06/03/04 15:03:18 Dep Installed: libpostproc 1.0-0.10.pre4.1.fc2.fr.i386 06/03/04 15:03:18 Dep Installed: libdvdread 0.9.4-5.1.fc2.fr.i386 06/03/04 15:03:18 Dep Installed: lame 3.96-1.1.fc2.fr.i386 06/03/04 15:03:18 Dep Installed: lzo 1.08-3.1.fc2.fr.i386 06/04/04 12:48:23 Updated: krb5-devel 1.3.3-7.i386 06/04/04 12:48:23 Updated: strace 4.5.4-1.i386 06/04/04 12:48:23 Updated: krb5-libs 1.3.3-7.i386 Here is my yum.conf: [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=fedora-release tolerant=1 exactarch=0 # Added this because some mirrors go down and then retying takes forever. retries=1 ################## ## Basic Fedora ## ################## [base] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base baseurl=http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/$releasever/$basearch/os http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distr...ra/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.os http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...ra/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os #http://fedora.redhat.com/releases/fedora-core-$releasever #gpgcheck=1 [updates-released] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates baseurl=http://ftp.ens.utulsa.edu/pub/linux/fedora/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch http://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distr.../core/updates/$releasever/$basearch http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.updates # http://fedora.redhat.com/updates/released/fedora-core-$releasever #gpgcheck=1 ################### ## Fedora Extras ## ################### [fedora-stable] name=Fedora.us Extras (Stable) baseurl=http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable http://fedora.quicknet.nl/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/fedora/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable http://fedora.mirror.sdv.fr/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.stable #gpgcheck=1 ############### ## Livna.org ## ############### [livna-stable] name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (stable) baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/stable #gpgcheck=1 #[livna-unstable] #name=Livna.org - Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable) #baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable #gpgcheck=1 ############################ ## Alternate Repositories ## ############################ # Uncomment these to use them -- note that some packages # from these repositories may conflict with the fedora.us # packages. If you use these repositories, you may wish to # comment-out the fedora.us and livna.org repositories. #[freshrpms] name=FreshRPMs baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms/ http://ftp.us2.freshrpms.net/linux/f.../fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpms/ ##gpgcheck=1 #[dag] #name=Dag APT Repository #baseurl=http://dag.freshrpms.net/redhat/fc$releasever/en/$basearch/dag # http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/freshrpms/pub/dag/redhat/fc$releasever/en/$basearch/dag ##gpgcheck=1 ################### ## Miscellaneous ## ################### [macromedia.mplug.org] name=macromedia.mplug.org - Flash Plugin baseurl=http://macromedia.mplug.org/apt/fedora/$releasever http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/macromedia/apt/fedora/$releasever http://macromedia.rediris.es/apt/fedora/$releasever #gpgcheck=1 |
problem identified
So after doing some research via Google, the not-so-obvious culprit was updating to xinitrc-3.41-1 from 3.39-1 using yum. So I simply downloaded xinitrc-3.39-1 and did:
rpm -Uvh --force xinitrc-3.39-1 to reinstall the older version. Sure enough, no error message after logging in...strange. Any thoughts? I don't know if updating this again using up2date will recreate the problem. |
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