Re: can't login when change garnome directory name

["Paul Smith" <psmith nortelnetworks com>]

%% Jim Maas <jamaas btinternet com> writes:

  jm> Thanks Paul, I'm sure you are right. I've tried renaming the ~/garnome 
  jm> directory, and changing the appropriate name in my garnome-session file 
  jm> but when rebooting I get to the graphic login stage and it won't login, 
  jm> takes the name and password but just returns to the same screen.

No, that can't work.  The pathname is hardcoded into all the binaries
(where to look for shared libraries, etc. etc.)

Once you rename the directory you won't be able to reboot into Gnome
again until you build/install the new version.


Another option is to change the garnome setup to install the new version
as ~/garnome-2.8.0, then you can keep both the old and new versions
simultaneously and switch back and forth by tweaking your .xsessionrc
file (or whatever you use).

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