On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:51:00 +0530, Disc Magnet wrote: > If I create an empty (0 length) .xsession or an .xsession file > containing one line, say, echo hello, world, I get this error when I try > to log into GNOME. > > Your session lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out > yourself this could mean there is some installation problem or that you > may be out of disk space. Try logging in with one of the failsafe > sessions to see if you can fix the problem. > > There aren't any errors in .xsession-errors when I try to log in with > the 0 length .xsession file. In case of the .xsession file with echo > hello, world, I see just 'hello, world' in the .xsession-errors file. > > Why does this happen?
I'll make an "educated guess" O:-) and say ".xsession" file runs the commands you specify and then "exits" (if none, then does nothing). So the message you are getting just warns you about a session expiration. Gretings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.14.14.49...@gmail.com