Re: gnome will not start after stupid mistake

[Steven Taetzsch <taetzsch asic-alliance com>]

Yes that was it. Someone suggested using find -uid myold_id to find any
files that had my old id. And there were a bunch in /tmp/orbit-myusername.

Thanks for the help,
Steve

Elliot Lee wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Steven Taetzsch wrote:
>
> > I made the dumb mistake of changing my user ID while running gnome. I
> > su'd and ran linuxconf to change my user ID to be the same as my unix
> > account. When I exited out of gnome, it couldn't save whatever files it
> > needed. Now, when I try to start the panel I get:
> >
> > * ERROR **: file orbitgtk.c: line 194 (_gnorba_cookie_setup): assertion
> > failed: (_gnorba_request_cookie._buffer &&
> > *_gnorba_request_cookie._buffer)
> > aborting...
> > Aborted (core dumped)
>
> Please try checking the ownerships/whatever on /tmp/orbit-[username] -
> that's where the CORBA authentication cookie is stored, so it's very
> likely that the problem lies there.
>
> -- Elliot
> smuggle Semtex nuclear Serbian domestic disruption Noriega
> arrangements plutonium security Treasury [Hello to all my fans in
> domestic surveillance] spy explosion South Africa Cocaine
>
> --
>         FAQ: Frequently-Asked Questions at http://www.gnome.org/gnomefaq
>          To unsubscribe: mail gnome-list-request@gnome.org with
>                        "unsubscribe" as the Subject.