Re: Garnome and RH7.2

[Joshua Eichorn <jeichorn JoshuaEichorn com>]

Well You need a new specific file in

/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/Gnome

and it has to be executable for gdm to see it
-josh
Brent Bailey wrote:

> Didn't work.  /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/Gnome gives:
>
> ---
> #!/bin/bash
> exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession gnome
> ---
>
> Therefore, I copied this file into a Gnome2 directory, changed the name to 
> gnome2, and modified the /etc/X11/xdm/Xsessions to include:
>
> ---
>    gnome2)
>       exec -l $SHELL -c "$Home/.xsession"
>       ;;
> ---
>
> just below the gnome case.  Gnome2 never comes up as an option in GDM 
> though.  (I even recycled my machine, figuring that it might be a daemon 
> that was not getting updated)
>
> I'd love to see where you guys/gals are at and help with the 
> bug-stomping...
>
> Brent
>
> Note:  If anyone was wondering, the .xsession file contains the following  
> code from Jeff:
>
> ---
> PATH=$HOME/garnome/bin:$PATH
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/garnome/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
> exec $HOME/garnome/bin/gnome-session
> ---
>
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Joshua Eichorn wrote:
>
> > You might just try looking in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions, copy Gnome to 
> > Gnome2 and hackaway
> > -josh
> > Brent Bailey wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have some experience setting up Garnome in RH7.2 to enable 
> > > swapping between Gnome1.4 and Gnome2?
> > >
> > > I have already discussed this with Jeff, but he is working on Debian.  He 
> > > had suggested the creation of a .xsession file in my home directory, and 
> > > then choosing Xsession in GDM.  But as there is no such option in RH, I 
> > > was wondering if anyone has some knowledge in this.
> > >
> > > I tried using Failsafe, then starting it through there using
> > >
> > > exec -l $Shell -c "$Home/.xsession"
> > >
> > > As you might be able to figure, I don't know a lot about these 
> > > configuration scripts...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Brent
> > >
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