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 =-
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