Re: running gnome2

["Ben Rooney" <spatial_terra hotmail com>]

> From: Nick Murtagh <murtaghn tcd ie>
> To: "Ben Rooney" <spatial_terra hotmail com>, garnome-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: running gnome2
> Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 03:07:06 +0100
>
> On Wednesday 29 May 2002 23:07, Ben Rooney wrote:
> > you've got to understand that the state of my machine is in a bit of a
> > bastardized state.  it was initially running mandrake 7.2, then i 
> through
> > ximian on it while in between and after installing other packages or
> > compiling apps myself.  i've always had trouble with nautilus and other
> > apps.
>
> i've had no luck with mandrake 8.1 either, and nobody here was able to 
> help.
> what happens when you try to run gnome?

it just starts up 1.4. gnome2 isn't running at all as far as i can tell.  
but then again, i'm not sure what is happening behind the scenes so i can't 
determine if parts of gnome2 has started or not

> > so, basically, does anybody have any ideas?  does anybody know where 
> they
> > can point me to to get a background info on what gnome does when it 
> starts
> > up.  ie. what processes are started, in what order, etc...  this may 
> help.
>
> basically, you start X, and then run gnome-session. mandrake and
> possibly other distros put a lot of stuff in the way, but that's what
> it comes down to.
>
> nick




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