Hi. I have been getting intermittent fails on attemting to start up enligtnenment on 6.2. I get the following messages in /var/log/messagers: Jul 16 09:36:25 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_main: Here we go... Jul 16 09:36:25 trumpet gdm[713]: Start up on host trumpet, port 177 Jul 16 09:36:25 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_local_servers_start: Starting :0 Jul 16 09:36:25 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_server_start: :0 Jul 16 09:36:25 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Jul 16 09:36:25 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Jul 16 09:36:25 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Jul 16 09:36:25 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Jul 16 09:36:25 trumpet gdm[720]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Jul 16 09:36:26 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Jul 16 09:36:26 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Jul 16 09:36:26 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 721 Jul 16 09:36:26 trumpet gdm[713]: Accepting XDMCP connections... Jul 16 09:36:26 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Jul 16 09:36:26 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Jul 16 09:36:28 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Jul 16 09:36:29 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 726 Jul 16 09:36:48 trumpet PAM_pwdb[721]: (gdm) session opened for user graham by (uid=0) Jul 16 09:36:48 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_session_start: Authentication completed. Whacking greeter Jul 16 09:36:48 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_windows_kill: Killing windows on :0 Jul 16 09:36:48 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_auth_user_add: Adding cookie for 500 Jul 16 09:36:48 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_auth_user_add: Using /home/graham/.Xauthority for cookies Jul 16 09:36:48 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_auth_purge: :0 Jul 16 09:36:48 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_auth_user_add: Done Jul 16 09:36:48 trumpet gdm[727]: Running /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions//Gnome for graham on :0 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_session_stop: graham on :0 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_verify_cleanup: Closing session 134622184 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet PAM_pwdb[721]: (gdm) session closed for user graham Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_auth_user_remove: Removing cookie from /home/graham/.Xauthority (0) Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_auth_user_remove: /home/graham is not owned by uid 0. Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_auth_user_remove: Ignoring suspiciously looking cookie file /home/graham/.Xauthority Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_session_cleanup: root on :0 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_session_cleanup: Running post session script Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_xsync_ping: Pinging :0 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_xsync_ping: :0 returned 1 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_session_cleanup: Killing windows Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[721]: gdm_slave_windows_kill: Killing windows on :0 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_child_handler: child 721 returned 2 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_server_start: :0 Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (720). Killing. Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_server_stop: Server for :0 going down! Jul 16 09:36:49 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 Jul 16 09:36:50 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up socket access Jul 16 09:36:50 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up network access Jul 16 09:36:50 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Setting up access for :0 - 2 entries Jul 16 09:36:50 trumpet gdm[747]: gdm_server_start: '/usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth :0' Jul 16 09:36:50 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_server_usr1_handler: Starting display :0! Jul 16 09:36:50 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_display_manage: Managing :0 Jul 16 09:36:50 trumpet gdm[748]: gdm_slave_start: Starting slave process for :0 Jul 16 09:36:50 trumpet gdm[748]: gdm_slave_start: Opening display :0 Jul 16 09:36:50 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_display_manage: Forked slave: 748 Jul 16 09:36:51 trumpet gdm[748]: gdm_slave_greeter: Running greeter on :0 Jul 16 09:36:51 trumpet gdm[748]: gdm_slave_greeter: Greeter on pid 753 Jul 16 09:36:51 trumpet gdm[748]: gdm_slave_child_handler: 753 died Jul 16 09:36:51 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_child_handler: child 748 returned 2 Jul 16 09:36:51 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_child_handler: :0 Jul 16 09:36:51 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_server_start: :0 Jul 16 09:36:51 trumpet gdm[713]: gdm_server_start: Old server found (747). Killing. And around and around it goes. If I start up another console I get told that gdm.pid has been mysteriously murdered. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Graham Kettlewell www.ezy.net.au/~grahamk _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list