Configging gnome

[Tom Elsesser <tom netcrashers com>]

I am having serious difficulties configuring gnome.I have read the Users
Guide, the FAQ, and scoured deja news to no avail. I hope someone can
point me in the right direction.

1. I can't log out of gnome. THere is no response from the push-button,
and I have to ctl-alt-bckspc to quit out of X. An error message comes up
in a terminal window " ** Critical **: file gsm-protocol.c: line 602
(gsm_protocol_new): assertion 'GNOME_CLIENT_CONNECTED (gnome client)
failed.  **WARNING **: Could not connect to gnome-session."

2. I have to reset up the desktop with every x session. Perhaps because
the logout does not work?

3. What is the config file for gnome? I am using .xintrc, but this does
not seem to fire up anything I put in it, except enlightenment. For
example, "/usr/bin/panel" will not activate the pager when X fires up.

4. The sound for the themes does not work. "ps ax" tells me I 'esd
-terminate -nobeeps -as 2' is a process, but I can't even get a wave
file to play to test the theme sounds. CD audio player works fine,
however.

5. If I can't get gnome to behave, how can I bring back KDE?

Thanks for any help.
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Tom
tom@netcrashers.com
telsesser@gatecom.com