On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:00:21 +0200, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > 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?
Maybe you should install or reinstall the meta-package gnome. It depends on everything necessary to start gnome. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
