Another user configuration could not be loaded

G

geoB

Research shows this is definitely not the first time for this question. Installation is 8.3 as a guest OS on a Win7 box installed this past week by newbie me. Gnome FAQ has been searched. I've confirmed dbus is running and that procfs is mounted. What have I missed?

Thanks.

George
 
Additional info

From system messages, after attempting a System, Administration, User and Groups:
Code: 
Sep  3 05:46:55 vm dbus[653]: [system] Activated service 'org.freedesktop.SystemToolsBackends.Platform' failed: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 255

Now what?

g, the occasionally competent
 
In case someone wants to know...

Several more hours searching in vain for an answer. Here's something that may be useful.

rc.conf:
Code: 
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Wed Aug 29 10:51:42 2012
# Created: Wed Aug 29 10:51:42 2012
# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
hostname="vm.bogus.info"
ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
apache22_enable="YES"

# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Thu Aug 30 06:05:30 2012
ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.168.201  netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.168.168"
hostname="vm.bogus.info"

# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Thu Aug 30 17:23:35 2012
inetd_enable="YES"

# gwb 2012.08.30
ftpd_enable="YES"

# gwb xorg 2012.08.31
gnome_enable="YES"

# gwb 2012.09.01, for virtualbox
vboxguest_enable="Yes"
vboxservice_enable="Yes"

and xorg.conf:
Code: 
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "dri2"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "vboxmouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	HorizSync	31-80
	VertRefresh	30-100
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vboxvideo"
	VendorName  "InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH"
	BoardName   "VirtualBox Graphics Adapter"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes "1024x768" "1280x800"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth 32
		Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection
 
Failed assumption! gnome_upgrade.sh 404

I just got around to checking the version of Gnome I installed at the end of August. It's 2.31! I had figured that since the most recent version, as of May 2012, was 2.32 so that's what I had. I said, OK, let's do the upgrade per the Gnome upgrade FAQ. But no, upgrade script is 404 not found! UPDATING as of this date has nothing to say on this.

ARRGGHH! I really do try to RTFM before posting. My hair is thinning already without this aggravation.

g
 
I can tell you this: the FAQ is correct in that portupgrade will not upgrade Gnome to 2.32. Certainly not from 2.31.

Where, oh where, can one find help with this?

g, the stumped
 
Apologies

My frustrations have blinded me. It certainly was not the brilliance of my efforts. Gnome is 2.32.1, not 2.31.

Please excuse the rant.

g, the bewildered
 
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