Re: No sessions left?

[George <jirka 5z com>]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:53:53PM +0200, Peter wrote:
> Hi list.
> 
> As a last resort I'm turning to the gdm mailing list.
> 
> After compiling and upgrading to gdm-2.4.4.2 I can no longer log into
> gnome correctly.
> 
> The only sessions I can choose from when starting gdm is 
> Last
> 1. Default System Session
> Failsafe Gnome
> Failsafe Terminal
> 
> My /etc/gnome/gdm/Sessions contains two files, Gnome and Xsession, and
> /etc/gnome is the directory that I have configured gdm to use
> (--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome).
> 
> The problem remained even after I upgraded to gdm-2.4.4.3
> 
> If i log in to failsafe gnome it starts up and works fine, but I don't
> get my startup program runnings for example, which is a bit frustrating.
> 
> Why wont the sessions in /etc/gnome/gdm/Sessions get recognized? It
> worked fine up until gdm-2.4.4.1 (or if it was 2.4.4.0)

I can't see how it could have worked then since gdm no longer reads the
gdm/Sessions dir in 2.4.4.x.  Read the session setup section in the gdm
manual on www.jirka.org/gdm.html .  It looks like you're using a gdm-2.4.1.x
like setup and that won't work with 2.4.4.x versions

George

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