Anyhow, with a simple apt-get, I now have X working, and can move on to the next problem. Gnome won't start.
I have gdm installed, giving me a login dialog (greeter) in which I enter a user id and password. Pressing OK would then normally take me to the Gnome desktop for that user. <slight grumble> the greeter looks a bit different now, resizing itself between the user id and password entry, which is slightly irritating. I thought I remembered having two separate entry fields for id and password, but I could be mistaken </slight grumble>.
What happens now is that the screen blanks for about a second, then the greeter comes back again, without logging in. When I look in ~/.gnome-errors, there are a couple of warnings, but one fatal error which seems to be the root of the problem: the script /etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome calls for the execution of another script /usr/bin/gnome-session, which is sadly missing from my system. Despite looking through the update instructions, I found no mention of this script or where it comes from. Anyone have any ideas?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk> apt-cache search gnome-session gnome-session - The GNOME 2 Session Manager
So, "apt-get install gnome-session" will probably fix ya right up.
-- Kent
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