On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 10:53:00AM +0000, Vittorio wrote: | I've upgraded my desktop from potato to woody from scratch. | | To put it in a nutshell now I have Bunk's kernel 2.4.13, Xfree86 4.1, | gnome 1.4 and gdm. | | My problem is that while starting as ROOT I can obtain gnome, its | panel and gmc when I start as an ordinary user I only get a nice, | useless gray graphic surface with a blinking arrow for my mouse. | | I have tried to put a "gnome-session" in .xinitrc and .xsession with | the only disconforting result to have the gnome 1.4 logo started then | again the mere gray graphic surface with nothing in it. | | I'm somewhat confused because under potato building .xinitrc and | .xsession is enough to have a running gnome surface. | | Please, help step by step.
Try running "startx &" in a console, then switch back to the console when X starts. Then run "sawfish &" and "gnome-terminal &". Switch back to X. If you see the apps there, that is good news :-). Then you should be able to run "gnome-panel" and "gnome-cc" and select a WM to use the next time gnome starts. Logout (via panel), then try "startx" again. HTH, -D
