Re: [gnome-slackware]GDM troubles. . .

["[VIBRO]-Blackguard666" <blackguard666 vibros-land net>]

Alex Harris wrote:
> I'm trying to use gdm on my slackware 9.0 system and I'm having an awful 
> lot of trouble. I can get gnome to load with no problems if I use 
> startx. But if I try to use gdm, it won't load anything but failsafe 
> gnome and xterm.
>
> The Gnome file in my /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/ directory contains the entry:
>
> /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession gnome-session
>
> It did have just gnome, but I added the session bit on a suggestion from 
> the linuxquestions.org forum. Needless to say, it doesn't work. What 
> other configuration files should I use? What other options do I have? I 
> tried XDM, and it does exactly the same thing.
>
> It's got to be something with the Display Manager since startx works 
> just fine. . .
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
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1: You can try to launch your "GDM Configurator" and set a new type of 
Session named "Gnome" or "gnome". See files under /etc/X11/xdm/ or 
/etc/X11/gdm/ or /etc/X11 to know Caps or not. Maybee this session as 
been destroyed by any bad manipulation...

2: Generaly, Sessions are set in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession file, but this 
file can have other files to run for setting session. Analyse this file 
(and its atachments) to see if the "gnome" (or "Gnome") session is set.

3: You can verify if the Xsession file can be set the sessions by the 
.xsession file placed in you home directory.

NB: To launch a gnome session, the cmd to exec is "gnome-session", so 
you can try to grep this cmd in your /etc/X11 directory recursivly to 
know aproximativly where launch cmd is set.

Not sure if my response will help you... ;) May the force be with you.

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