On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:00:20PM +0100, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install GNOME on my system. > I followed the instructions from the GNOME User FAQ. > So I added deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian > unstable main to my sources.list > I ran apt-get update and after that did apt-get install task-helix-gnome > even did an additional apt-get dist-upgrade. > After that I tried running a Gnome-session. I logged in with gdm and > specified 'gnome' as session however I get kicked back to the gdm login > screen. > I also checked 'Learning Debian GNU/Linux' > At http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/ch06_05.html they do some > modifications to the Xsession file. This doesn't seem to work for me. I > get error msgs, "... /WindowMaker-gnome: No such file or directory' and > 'panel: command not found' > Can anybody point me in the right direction how to configure gnome on > debian with gdm? Anymore documentation > Thankx.
Possibly /usr/bin/x-window-manager doesn't point to a window manager GNOME likes? Try "update-alternatives --config x-window-manager" and then select a window manager like sawfish/sawmill, icewm-gnome or windowmaker (one that supports GNOME thingies). Other possibility: stop GDM (as root "/etc/init.d/gdm stop"); then as normal user create a small ~/.xsession file like: #! /bin/sh xterm & icewm-gnome & Make sure the file is executable (chmod +x ~/.xsession). Then run startx, then in the the xterm run "gnome-session". Then run gnomecc (GNOME Control Center), make sure there's a window manager selected, then save the info. Now kill the session (ctrl-alt-backspace works), start up GDM and gnome-session should now know what window manager to run. -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
