I replaced the stock nv driver under Etch with the nVidia proprietary
driver, and logged out and back in. When I did so, fetchmail was no
longer able to get authorization from my mail server. I should note
that it has been months since I've logged out, and the graphics driver
change is probably irrelevant.
Gnus and web browsing work OK.
Fetchmail reports the error:
fetchmail: Authorization failure on
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@pop.registeredsite.com
fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)
It looks to me like fetchmail is sending a garbled address to the mail
server. However, the ~/.fetchmailrc file is unchanged:
poll pop.registeredsite.com
user "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
At the time the system ceased working, there was a burst of unusual
reports in my messages log.
Oct 25 15:35:42 teufel gconfd (brownh-8670): Failed to send buffer
Oct 25 15:35:42 teufel last message repeated 3 times
Oct 25 15:36:10 teufel gconfd (brownh-8670):
GConf server is not in use, shutting down.
Oct 25 15:36:10 teufel gconfd (brownh-8670): Exiting
Oct 25 15:39:08 teufel gconfd (brownh-19277):
starting (version 2.16.1), pid 19277 user 'brownh'
Oct 25 15:39:08 teufel gconfd (brownh-19277):
Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory"
to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Oct 25 15:39:08 teufel gconfd (brownh-19277):
Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/brownh/.gconf" to a
writable configuration source at position 1
Oct 25 15:39:08 teufel gconfd (brownh-19277):
Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to
a read-only configuration source at position 2
Oct 25 15:39:08 teufel gconfd (brownh-19277):
Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults"
to a read-only configuration source at position 3
Oct 25 15:39:08 teufel gconfd (brownh-19277):
Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a
read-only configuration source at position 4
The problem here is that I don't use a GNOME (or any) desktop,
although I run a few GNOME applications. I've no idea what's going on
here, but it seems to involve resolving an address.
--
Haines Brown, KB1GRM
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