All that you have to do, is go to your home directory, and type this command
echo 'gnome-session' > ~/.xinitrc It's ok that the file is not there, this will make it. That should do it, if X is properly configured (sounds like it is, if you can get twm up and going) * Alex Thomas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > There is no ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc on my system. running gnome-session > produces error > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > SESSION_MANAGER=local/debian:/tmp/.ICE-unix/321,tcp/debian:1064 > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > Stumbling through two different books on how to set this up with no luck and > local LUG is Mandrake/Red Hat/SuSE. > Please help??? > -= Scott Adair =- [EMAIL PROTECTED]