Gnome "almost" there

canadian_coder · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 58

I've got Gnome working... sort of. If I run /etc/init.d/xdm start I get the login screen. I choose GNOME from Session and when I log in as any user I just get a gray screen with the default cursor. Any idea what might be going on?

Thanks!
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Cinder6 · l33t Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 767 Location: California

Try putting "Gnome" as your XSESSION in /etc/rc.conf, then use the Default session, just to see what happens.
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canadian_coder · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 58

That got me a bit further. I have a little box in the upper left-hand corner with "Client List", "Session Log", "Checkpoint", "Shutdown" and a command window. However it freezes. Any thoughts?
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neonknight · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:27 pm Post subject:

Isn't this a twm-session...?

canadian_coder · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 58

Well, when I set the Default session it confirmed that I wanted to use GNOME so I assumed there must be some failure to initialize GNOME, but where do I go to find that out?
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RiBBiT · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 215 Location: Sweden

Can you start Gnome with gnome-session?
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canadian_coder · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 58

gnome-session gives me the error:

(gnome-session:7648): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display

Any thoughts?
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huh_dude · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:19 am Post subject:

I suppose you are logging in as user, not root? Your user got group premissions and such set?
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crdlb · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:07 am Post subject:

canadian_coder · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 58

Actually I'm in as root.
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