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----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Iadonisi" <pri.blu at iadonisi.to> To: "BLU Discuss List" <discuss at blu.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:25 PM Subject: Re: Redhat 8 the hard way... adding GNOME afterwards > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 04:12:54PM -0500, Scott Prive wrote: > > [snip] > > > > I *think* the switchdesk* apps have been deprecated. Now, when you log > > > in from gdm, select the "Sessions" option on the bottom of the screen. > > > Select gnome, > > > > GNOME is not a listed option; I have: Last, Default, Failsafe, Windowmaker. > > > > Default boots twm; Last and Windowmaker are the same, and Failsafe is no > > window manager at all. > > Ah. Does /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/GNOME exist? It's contents are: > > exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession gnome > > and it is part of the gnome-session package. BINGO! Thank you everyone. That's what was missing. I installed gnome-session, restarted X, and GNOME is now an option. I tested it, and it works. w00t! (Heh) > > > > > >and then, if it's not your default, you will be asked if > > > you want it to be the default for subsequent logins. > > > To set it globally for all users, but before they login for the first > > time > > > (otherwise, their .Xclients* files will already have been setup by their > > > first login), change the DESKTOP= line in /etc/sysconfig/desktop to > > > DESKTOP=GNOME, if it isn't that already. > > > > /etc/sysconfig/desktop did not exist, so I tried creating it with > > DESKTOP=GNOME. Restarted X, still no luck. > > Right, if gnome-session is missing, that would probably be the cause of > this as well. Otherwise, I'm stumped. > > -- > -Paul Iadonisi > Senior System Administrator > Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist > Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. > GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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