ximian gnome login bombing out!

["John P. Verel" <jverel home com>]

When I attempt to log in to ximian gnome, I aways get killed off on the
first attempt.  Second attempt always works.  This is my
/var/log/messages as apply to this.  Can anyone tell me what is going on
here?  This is gettin annoying. Thanks.  (Appologies for the long lines)

May 18 18:25:10 CV150607-A PAM_pwdb[799]: (gdm) session opened for user
john by (uid=0)
May 18 18:25:12 CV150607-A kernel: es1371: version v0.27 time 20:52:56
Apr  8 2001
May 18 18:25:12 CV150607-A kernel: es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274
device id 0x1371 revision 0x08
May 18 18:25:12 CV150607-A kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 02:09.0
May 18 18:25:12 CV150607-A kernel: es1371: found es1371 rev 8 at io
0xec00 irq 5
May 18 18:25:12 CV150607-A kernel: es1371: features: joystick 0x0
May 18 18:25:12 CV150607-A kernel: ac97_codec: AC97  codec, id:
0x5452:0x4123 (TriTech TR?????)
May 18 18:25:12 CV150607-A modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
sound-service-0-3
May 18 18:25:12 CV150607-A PAM_pwdb[799]: (gdm) session closed for user
john
May 18 18:25:12 CV150607-A modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
char-major-81
May 18 18:25:17 CV150607-A PAM_pwdb[799]: (gdm) session opened for user
john by (uid=0)
May 18 18:25:35 CV150607-A gnome-name-server[1037]: starting
May 18 18:25:35 CV150607-A gnome-name-server[1037]: name server starting
May 18 18:25:35 CV150607-A gnome-name-server[1038]: starting
May 18 18:25:35 CV150607-A gnome-name-server[1038]: name server was
running on display, exiting
May 18 18:25:38 CV150607-A gconfd (john-1048): starting (version 1.0.0),
pid 1048 user 'john'
May 18 18:25:38 CV150607-A gconfd (john-1048): No configuration files
found, trying to use the default config source
`xml:readwrite:/home/john/.gconf'
May 18 18:25:38 CV150607-A gconfd (john-1048): Initializing XML backend
module
May 18 18:25:38 CV150607-A gconfd (john-1048): Directory/file
permissions for XML source at root /home/john/.gconf are: 700/600
May 18 18:25:38 CV150607-A gconfd (john-1048): Failed to notify listener
503316486, removing: IDL:CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0
May 18 18:25:38 CV150607-A gconfd (john-1048): Failed to notify listener
452984835, removing: IDL:CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0
May 18 18:25:39 CV150607-A kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0,
channel 0, id 0, lun 0
May 18 18:25:39 CV150607-A kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0,
channel 0, id 1, lun 0
May 18 18:25:39 CV150607-A kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x cd/rw
xa/form2 cdda tray
May 18 18:25:39 CV150607-A kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
May 18 18:25:39 CV150607-A kernel: sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer
cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

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John P. Verel
Norwalk, CT