Re: Still cannot get gnome up and running

All that you have to do, is go to your home directory, and type this command echo 'gnome-session' > ~/.xinitrc It's ok that the file is not there, this will make it. That should do it, if X is properly configured (sounds like it is, if you can get twm up and going) * Alex Thomas ([EMAIL

Re: Still cannot get gnome up and running

On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 03:07:49AM -0500, Alex Thomas wrote: > There is no ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc on my system. running gnome-session > produces error I take it that you have set up your X window system? If so, you can manually make an .xinitrc in your home directory and just enter one lin

Still cannot get gnome up and running

There is no ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc on my system.  running gnome-session produces error    Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: SESSION_MANAGER=local/debian:/tmp/.ICE-unix/321,tcp/debian:1064   Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:   Stumbling through two different books on how to set this