Downloads not visible on Desktop when logged in as non-root

[mesingval]

Hi,

I installed both xorg and gnome2 from packages. Gnome works pretty much ok, but only when logged in as root, otherwise many things don't work as expected.

For example if I download anything to Desktop, it's not visible there until next reboot. The same with unpacking stuff onto Desktop or putting files/folders in the Wastebasket. They're visible only after reboot.

Also, when opening Desktop pdf files with acrobat reader 9, acrobat opens just for a few seconds and dissapears. It works ok as root. When open from console, it doesn't dissapear, but produces some errors:

(process:1730): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
	Using the fallback 'C' locale.
/home/admin/.gtkrc-2.0:2: Unable to find include file: ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gnomebreakpad": libgnomebreakpad.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'RSException'
$

 

[mesingval]

Sorry if this post appears unfinished, but the keyboard stopped responding during writing it. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[expl]

Seems like your system is in a mess. Try to remove all your packages and rebuild/fetch current versions. You should also never login into working environment or start X as a root. Anyway, you are doing something very wrong.

 

[SirDice]

Most likely causes for things not working correctly in Gnome are:

• /proc not mounted
• hald not running
• dbus not running
• not using GDM to start X

 

[mesingval]

Hey, thanks for quick reply. I installed all packages using -r option, so they should be newest version, shouldn't they? Maybe I should change PACKAGESITE to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/Latest/ ? (my version is 8.1 release). I installed xorg and gnome several times with the same result. Maybe I should try ports? But I wanted to avoid this as it takes too long.

 

[mesingval]

Hello SirDice,

Most likely causes for things not working correctly in Gnome are:

• /proc not mounted
• hald not running
• dbus not running
• not using GDM to start X

/proc mounted, hald & dbus running, GDM used. Any more ideas?

 

[SirDice]

I installed all packages using -r option, so they should be newest version, shouldn't they?

If you haven't changed PACKAGESITE you'll get the exact same packages as on the release CD/DVD.

Maybe I should change PACKAGESITE to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/Latest/ ? (my version is 8.1 release).

If you want to have the latest packages package-8-stable is indeed correct.

 

[mesingval]

Ok, thanks. I try that. Hopefully that'll be it.

 

[sk8harddiefast]

Try to remove all your packages.

This is how to do it: http://pastie.org/1186744
Also, if noob on FreeBSD, this might help you: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=18767&highlight=noob+freebsd

You should also never login into working environment or start X as a root. Anyway, you are doing something very wrong.

I will agree! Stop doing that immediately! Start using sudo to run something with root permissions as user! This was my first mistake when I start using FreeBSD. Big mistake.

 

[mesingval]

Thanks. That's useful stuff. If I logged in as root it was only for testing purposes.