On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Disc Magnet <[email protected]> wrote: > So, how do I prevent it from crashing and successfully log in?
Delete the .xsession file. I'm running GNOME, and don't have one. Patrick > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Camaleón <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. As the doctor said to the guy who said, "It hurts when I do this," "Don't do that." >>> >>> 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 [email protected] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] >> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >> >> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

