On 12/08/2009 11:28 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
I tested DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" now, X is coming up and lets me log in ... but I only get some ugly and very simple desktop (xsm ...). This only as a test ...So it seems more gdm/gnome-related to me, right?
That would be my guess. I don't use gdm so I don't know how to fix it. I use startx with "exec /etc/X11/Sessions/gnome" in my ~/.xinitrc. You could try that to see if gnome starts correctly.