I downloaded the GNOME 1.0 distribution with apt, installed, put the "exec gnome-session"
line in my .xsession file, and quit X to try out what I had done. Oops. I could have done the smart thing and logged out as Root before I put any GNOME startup stuff in a .xsession, but NOOO. I was too eager for that. Now, I can't get out of xdm at all if I try to log in as Root; if I try to log in with one of the user accounts, Enlightenment breaks -- possibly because they had existing .enlightenment directories from the 0.14 that came with Slink. I wouldn't have a problem, except that I can't figure out how to get out of XDM and into another virtual console so that I could fix stuff (well, maybe I'd still have a problem, but I wouldn't be completely stuck in XDM where I can't do anything) So, any ideas about a) why X won't start as root (the account with "exec gnome-session" in the .xsession file) b) why Enlightenment isn't working on user accounts with no GNOME startup instructions or c) how to get out of XDM so that I can start fixing the above two problems would be very helpful. ______________________________________________________________________________ matthew myers davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
