On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 19:31:07 -0600, Jude DaShiell wrote: > The most noticeable thing that happens with gdm running is I get to what > sounds like a login screen and key in my user id then I've tried both > with return and tab after that and key in my password and all gdm returns > is an error beep. If I hit control-alt-fx and usually f1 and drop to > command line I can log in there just fine. When I wrote about that > problem earlier I was advised to disable gdm then run startx in order to > access the gnome and x environment and that's how I generated the > Xorg.0.log file.
I think the problem is that "startx" by default only starts a bare X server without any window manager or client applications running. In other words, you get an empty gray screen that is useless to you. I think you have to create a suitable .xinitrc file in your home directory to tell the X server that you want to run a Gnome session. After you log in on the terminal, do this: echo "/usr/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc to create an xinitrc file that will launch gnome-session. Then run "startx" again. I don't use Gnome myself, therefore I am not 100% certain whether this is really the best way to start a Gnome session via startx, but I think it should work. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
