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

["Alex Harris" <plebis hotmail com>]

I got it working by changeing the /etc/blah/xdm/Xsession gnome bit, to 
gnome-session. Thanks, though. :-)



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> 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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