Re: A Common Error.... (but I fixed it)

["Andy Gibson" <renderlight gibsona demon co uk>]

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh, Ok, I got it......

I did another search on the web, found a few more posts on it, and realised
I had made a mistake...
(not that I am telling people how to do  their thing, but there needs to be
some documentation that is a little more accurate (I will mail the doc
people about it :-) I didn't have the start up correct).

Ok, I have it running, and it rocks!

Feels nice so far, and I feel like I have more control over my filespace
than under Linux (only having a kernel to interact with makes you feel very
insignificant in a very large filespace where looking for a file means
typing out lots of directories like 'SuperLong case sensitive
name.4.2.5-2.53.-24.6' ) I am new to linux (you mean you couldn't tell?:-)
and simply suggesting putting some reference to a window manager in a start
up files causes frantic dashes to the toilet. It was this sort of thing
that was the problem, and it is a VERY regular problem in the Linux world.
Its probably this reason that the Nesgroups are flooded with problems. I
consider myself a fairly capable problem solver and have managed to get as
far as I have wanted so far, but it has been a veeeery long haul! :-)

Love the software, and looking forward to playing tomorrow night with it
(since its 3am now :-)

Regards all,

Andy

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> From: Andy Gibson <renderlight@gibsona.demon.co.uk>
> To: 				
> Subject: A Common Error....
> Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 1:59 AM
> 
> Ummm, ok, 
> 
> I downloaded all, and had a problem with ESound, I upgraded my kernel to
> 2.2.3, and got gnome1.0....
> 
> Still no joy....
> 
> Before I had a problem initialising ESound due to having an AWE64 that
> wasn't set up properly (unable to connect to ESound server).
> 
> Now when I start gnome, I get the grey start up screen, and the X cursor
in
> the middle, but then it backs out to the initial shell, with some message
> about SESSION_MANAGER = gibson.demon.co.uk 1024. 
> 
> Nothing else apart from that. I have now spent about 10 hours downloading
> on a phone line that charges for internet connection (i'm in the UK), and
> have been trying to install gnome for the past week with no luck.....
> 
> Anyone offer any suggestions? I have seen the grey screen and nothing
else
> problem before on a newsgroup, but for the life of me, I can't find the
> post (or any replies).
> 
> I'm DYING to get into gnome, and start coding, and am choosing gnome
> because it gets my vote for becoming the 'standard' desktop. If you want
to
> know what kind of things I will be doing, click on the link below to see
> what I did under Delphi.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help (and apologies if this isn't strictly the
> bug/help mail list, but I couldn't find one to mail to)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andy Gibson.
> 
> PS KDE installed first time with NO problems :-P
> 
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