RE: Installation problems.

[jason whizzird net]

in your ~/.xinitrc file make sure you have this line, "gnome-session" and
nothing else gnome or E related (such as panel). then when you get to that gray
screen, hit your middle mouse button, and choose something under "themes".
that should work, if i interpreted you correctly.


On 29-Mar-99 Coley, James typed:
> Please excuse my feeble requests for information, as I'm a new (Gnew?) user
> to Linux from the NT world trying out the Gnome interface.  If I'm directing
> this to the wrong forum let me know and I'll head elsewhere.
> 
> I installed Redhat 5.2 (everything) & downloaded Gnome 1.0 i386 & noarch
> from ftp.cybertrails.com mirror.  I verified the four required rpm's from
> the install instructions and then applied the noarch & i386 Gnome rpms.
> After editing Xclients I ran startx.  The initial execution gave me a
> glimpse of the Gnome desktop (Foot menu button, etc.) and then went to a
> blank grey screen with a cursor.  With no keyboard response I hard booted,
> subsequent startX commands open the GUI, display the Enlightenment startup
> bar to 100%, and then I get my blank screen again.
> 
> I've tried deinstalling, however, I've run into a Catch-22 when I run rpm
> -e, the response is that the package is not installed, but if I run rpm -Uvh
> or -Ivh, the response is that the package is already installed and cannot be
> installed.
> 
> I realize there are issues here that someone more skilled in the OS would be
> able to pinpoint more easily, but with my inexperience I'm hoping that this
> forum may be able to offer me some direction.
> 
> 
> James Coley
> jcole11@alldata.net
> 
> 
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jason majors
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gpl != gpf