Hi folks,

1)
GUI login
=========
Each time login as user to start GNOME. It returned to GUI login. Starting KDE has no problem.

2)
Booted PC to multi-user mode

login as user
$ gnome-session
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Share object "libORBit-2.so.0" not found

$ su -
Password:
# cd /usr/ports/devel/ORBit2
make install clean

Rebooted PC to multi-user mode

$ pkg_info | grep -i orbit2
ORBit2-2.8.2 High-performance CORBA ORB with
support for the C language

$ gnome-session
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Share object
"libORBit-2.so.0" not found

Problem still there.

Kindly advise how to fix it. TIA

B.R.
satimis

How up to date is your ports tree? Have you cvs'ed up of late? What version of FreeBSD are you using?

do a portupgrade or check the way you installed gnome. if it is 2.6 make sure you followed freebsd gnome site instructions.

Hi folks,

I was running Gnome 2.4 which was working normally before. I mis-applied "make deinstall' to remove 'automake-1.5,1'. After starting I saw it started to remove files which were needed I closed the Konsole Window. Since then I have not run Gnome and don't know wheher it is still working.

About yesterday I ran
# pkg_delete -r automake-1.5,1

then
# cd /usr/ports/devel/automake17
# make install clean
to install automake-1.7.5_1

Then I started Gnome and found it could not work.

I hesitate to run portsupgrade to upgrade Gnome to 2.6 because I am running a slow PC. Any other solution.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Hi folks,

Further to my late posting. I hav not run cvsup after installation of the OS and am running FreeBSD 5.2

-satimis

if you have a slow pc and already have kde why using gnome....if you still don't run the 5.2 release there still few packages on the net.
I also run a slow pc with fluxbox and just the usefull stuff to me:
one gui text editor vim(even if xedit is installed by default)
office: openoffice only
browser: mozilla +lynx
graphics imagemagick
only one graphical environment : fluxbox, no need for more or heavy desktops with lots of useless stuff
etc...

Hi mrcheeks,

I want to install 'gnomemeeting'. Besides as curiosity I expect to find out what was the cause stopping Gnome to start.

I made further test as follow;

# pkg_delete -r automake-1.7.5_1
# cd /usr/ports/devel/automake
# make install clean
# pkg_info | grep automake
automake-1.5,1 GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator

Rebooted PC to multi-user mode and login as user

$ startx
Warning: could not change ownership of tty -- pty is insecure

$ gnome-session
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libesd.so.2 not found

Problem still remained

$ startkde
startkde: Starting up:
QPixmap: Cannot created a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
kbuildsycoca running...
kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNIMG: library=kcm_kmix: file=/usr/local/libkde3/kcm_kmix.la:
Shared object "libesd.so.2" not found
Could not dlopen library knotify.la: Shared object "libsoundser_idl.so.1 "not
found
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Share object "liboundserver_idl.so.1" not found
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libsoundserver_idl.so.1" not found
kwin: it looks like there's already a window manager running. kwin not started
konsole: cannot chown /dev/ttyp0
Reason: Operation not permitted

KDE started

B.R.
satimis

Hi folks,

Further to my last posting

On starting Gnome, it complained Share object "libORBit-2.so.0" not found

$ gnome-session
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Share object "libORBit-2.so.0" not found

But

# locate libORBit-2.so.0
/usr/local/lib/libORBit-2.so.0

# ls -al /usr/local/lib/ | grep -i libORBit-2.so.0
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 15 May 3 10:23 libORBit-2.so -> libORBit-2.so.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 402279 May 3 10:23 libORBit-2.so.0

The file is already there, plus one symbolic link. It is very strange.

I am prepared to remove the symbolic link but have no idea to which directory it is linked. In case of problem I can recover the link back.

B.R.
satimis

Hi folks,

Problem solved with;

# cd /usr/ports/audio/esound
# make install clean

Gnome is now working

Tks.

B.R.
satimis