I've noticed the same thing. What works for me is to create a file .xsession then enter gnome-session
insert any instrcutions you might have exec (window manager) I've opted to stay away from helixcode Gnome for a while, it seems to create problems for me ( probably through no fault of the program, just my own lack of savy) and invariably wipes out my desktop icons, etc.. good luck > I'm using woody + helixcode GNOME. Does the gnome-terminal currently > have no way to read and use X resource files? In gnome-terminal, > things like the key sequence produced by the F1 key is different from > the one in the regular xterm. gnome-terminal is not reading > /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm, apparently. I looked, but the docs > available didn't help me with this. So is this on the things-to-do > list, or is there a way to configure it that I don't know about. > > > -- > "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire > > Ed C. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothing else." --Tennessee Williams