Re: session priorities. . .

[Jacob Berkman <jacob helixcode com>]

Norvell Spearman <Norvell@nts-online.net> writes:

> Could someone please explain how priorites work in the
> /usr/share/gnome/default.session and ~/.gnome/session files?
> 
> I changed my /usr/share/gnome/default.session file to start gnome-wm
> instead of enlightenment, without changing the priority setting.  Having
> exported the WINDOW_MANAGER variable to match my choice for wm, I
> started an X session for a dummy user (`dummy' as in for test purposes)
> who had never logged in before.  The window manager loaded fine, but
> then all the GNOME stuff that usually loads really fast took about a
> minute or two to load.  And I've tried a few different window managers,
> so I don't think the problem is with using non-enlightened software.
> 
> I'd very much appreciate any help with this.

You might have something going on with esd.  If you run gnome-session
from a console, is anything printed to the console?

Jacob
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