Hi folks,

Hi folks,

I could not Login and start GNOME with following warning popup;

View "detail" (~/.Xsession-error file)
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp utmp
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running session -a -w /var/log/wtmp -w /var/run/
utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/: o.xservers" -h "" -l:0
satimis
/etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome : chescking /etc/login/defs for option UMASK
/etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome : /etc/login.defs: UMASK is "022"
/etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome : checking /etc/login.defs for options ULMIT
/etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome : checking /etc/login.defs for options MAIL.DIR
/etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome : /etc/login.defs: "MAIL_DIR" is "/var/mail"
/etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome : using /etc/X11/Xsessions options for options
/etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome : No such file or directory


Kindly advise Which pair of executables, Gnome and Xsession shall I edit to start GNOME
a) /etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome
_ _/etc/gdm/Sessions/Xsession

b) /etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome
_ _/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession

c) /etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome
_ _/etc/X11/Xsession

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Don't edit any of these. If you wish to start X from the command-line do this:

apt-get install xbase-clients

Then edit ~/.xinitrc and add a line that says:

exec gnome-session

And use the command "startx" to fire up Gnome.

If you are using gdm (as it appears) don't login as root.

Hi,

Thanks for your response.

# locate or which/whereis could not find '.xinitrc'
# locate xinitrc
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

# apt-ge install xbase-clients
showing 'xbase-clients' already installed, the most uptodate version

Added 'exec gnome-session' to
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

logout KDE, rebooted PC and login 'Failsafe Gnome' to start Xterm window
(remark: KDE can start)

# startx
following warning popup
....
...
xlib:connnection to ":0.0" refused by server
xlib:Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIT-1 key giving up
xinit:unable to connect to Xsession
xinit:No such process (error 3): Server error

B.R.
satimis

Hi all folks,

Further to my last posting

New discovery :-
===============
gnome-session found not installed yet

# apt-get install gnome-session


Now GNOME can login but its desktop still failed to start with following warning;

ERROR
There was an error starting the GNOME_Settings Daemon

Some things such as Themes, sounds or background settings may not work correctly

The Setting Daemon restarted too many times

The last error message was
Failed to activate 'OAFIID:GNOME_Setting Daemon'
GNOME will still try to restart the Setting Daemon
next time your login
<close>

Clicked <close>

I can start Debian applications there such as
- Mozilla 1.0.0
- Kmail
- OpenOffice Write
etc.

Kindly advise where can I edit the Settings to start GNOME desktop

TIA

B.R.
satimis