Re: Gnome won't work for user.

[Bob Barrett <bobbrrtt earthlink net>]

I apologize, I forgot to mention that I was trying to start X with Gnome 
from a console. I normally boot to run level 3 and later start the GUI 
from there.

I tried your suggestion. I changed /etc/inittab to boot to run level 5. 
I have not used GDM a lot, and I don't remember seeing "Failsafe" as an 
option. It was not available when I looked this eveing.

I appreciate your effort. I should have remembered that whenever there 
is a problem in starting Gnome, delete the user's setup directories and 
restart. I ran "rm -fdr gcon* && rm -fdr gnom*" in the user's home 
directory, ran startx again, and everything works.

Thanks again,
Bob Barrett
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Ritesh Khadgaray wrote:

> Would it  be possible to login to desktop from gdm using "Failsafe"
> session. Once logged in, run gnome-session from "terminal" window
> present on screen. This print out diagnostic messages
>
> gnome-sesson
>
> On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 21:29 -0400, Bob Barrett wrote:
>  
>
> > After assembling a new computer, I installed Fedora Core 5 with the 
> > usual stuff including Gnome. This computer consists of Tyan S2865ANRF 
> > main board, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Dual-Core processor, 2 GB RAM, PNY 
> > Quadro FX 1500 256 MB graphics card, Acer AL2423WR 24" WUXGA 1920 x 1200 
> > DVI LCD, and an old (5 pound) Compaq keyboard (the best keyboard I've had).
> >
> > Gnome started up first try, as usual, for user "bob". It was running at 
> > 1280x1024 as installed, and I set up some favorite things, then went to 
> > System - Preferences - Screen Resolution. The monitor model was not 
> > available, but 1920x1200 was. I chose that and it worked; no problem.
> >
> > The most useless key on the PC keyboard is "Num Lock". The PC keyboard 
> > has cursor keys. The number pad should always be active. I've used 
> > calculators and other number machines all my life. At the risk of being 
> > redundant, the number pad should always be active.
> >
> > I used "yum -y install numlockx". Gnome will not work for the user 
> > anymore. It works fine for root. Obviously, a permissions problem. It's 
> > hard to see how NomlockX could cause this, but I have nothing else to go 
> > on. I could reinstall Gnome, but that's giving up.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > bobbrrtt earthlink net
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