Re: Gnome is blank screen

[Geoffrey <esoteric 3times25 net>]

Geoff Hacker wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 13:38, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
>
> > Have a look in /var/log/messages and $HOME/.xsession-errors to see what
> > might have gone wrong.
>
>
> I just tried to look at /var/log/messages, but it looks like a binary
> file, and I don't have read or write access to it. How is one meant to
> look at it? 

It is not/should not be a binary.  You generally need root access to 
read the file.

You should likely look at $HOME/.xsession-errors or /var/log/XFree86.0.log

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Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric 3times25 net

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