Re: Grey screen of death?

[bob kehs ksd org]

what is the difference between "exec gnome-session" and "gnome-session" ?

On 7 Mar 1999, Alexander Jolk wrote:

> David Christensen <dchristensen@westman.wave.ca> writes:
> 
> > When I fire up X (using startx, with the line 'exec gnome-sessions'
> > in the .xinitrc, as per instructions), I end up staring at the X
> > startup screen (grey, with the X cursor).... and it never finishes
> > loading.  Removing the line from .xinitrc, X starts up fine, into my
> > old WM.
> 
> You should definitely use `exec gnome-session' in your .xinitrc, and
> not `gnome-sessions' as you typed.  If this was a typo in your
> message, I'm afraid I can't help, though...
> 
> Alex
> 
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