On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 10:21:19AM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > Hello, Bonjour!
> i have the folowing problem: i can't log graphically on my computer unless i > log into it on the console and edit the .gnome/session file by hand, because > it is full of calls to xterms in a way that lets the windowmanager crash > before the setup of the windowmanager is complete, blocking the console for > about 5min, wihtout any chance for me to get a hand on it.... Blocking the console? You mean you can't use Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server or use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to another VT? > further since the windowmanager doiesn't recored where the xterms where they > all clutter on the first virtual screen, this is buggy a mess and far from > what i want.... > > now reading the gnome doc, the control center is supposed to regulate this, > but as it seems this is a rare case where the documentation is ahead of > reality..... gnome-session has been _tremendously_ buggy in my experience. Stay away from it and manually launch panel and your WM from your .xsession file. > > so is there a way to stop gnome-session to record the session, or be able to > use gdm without starting a gnome session? Thats another bug, i wanted to > introduce gdm also on our server, but since this thing enforces use of gnome > for all users its quite useless.... not everyone wants the big overhead of > gnome.... All of the display managers I've used (wdm, xdm, kdm, and gdm), will respect the .xsession file in a user's home directory and execute it upon logon. > the total amount of intelligence on earth is constant. > human population is growing.... Nice sig line :-) -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
