Re: Questions on finding Gnome and Xsession, etc.

[Stephen Liu <satimis@icare.com.hk>]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your advice.

- snip -
>
> Everything you find in /etc has to do with configuration files, not
> executables.
>
> Have a look at the file system:
> http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_intro/sect_03_01.html
> scroll down to section 3.1/3.2. You get better at finding stuff if you
> know where to look.

Noted with thanks

> Gnome is started by /usr/bin/gnome-session. On the command line you type
>  "startx /usr/bin/gnome-session" .

Login 'Failsafe gnome" as USER
# startx /usr/bin/gnome-session
....
....
please report problem to submit@bugs.debian.org
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

# ls -l /usr/bin/ | grep gnome-session
# ls -l /usr/bin/ | grep Gnome-session
both no printout

# ls -l /usr/bin/ | grep session
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           35 Dec 19 15:12 x-session-manager -> /
etc/alternatives/x-session-manager

# ls -l /usr/bin/ | grep gnome
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       205740 Sep 14  2002 gnome-about
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        16172 Sep 30 21:34 gnome-bug
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        19268 Sep 30 21:34 gnome-doc
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4324 Sep 30 21:34 gnome-dump-metadata
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         5968 Sep 14  2002 gnome-edit
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        40024 Jun 18  2003 gnome-font-install
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4532 Sep 30 21:34 gnome-gen-mimedb
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        16296 Sep 14  2002 gnome-hint
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         9932 Sep 14  2002 
gnome-hint-properties-capplet
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          929 Sep 30 21:34 gnome-mkstub
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        17420 Sep 30 21:34 gnome-moz-remote
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        25236 Sep 30 21:34 gnome-name-service
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4196 Oct 25 16:50 gnome-open
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         8416 Sep 30 21:34 gnome_segv
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         5048 Oct 24 22:27 gnomevfs-cat
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4604 Oct 24 22:27 gnomevfs-copy
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         5984 Oct 24 22:27 gnomevfs-info
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         5132 Oct 24 22:27 gnomevfs-ls
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         5708 Oct 24 22:27 gnomevfs-mkdir


# locate gnome-session
No printout

# find .-name gnome-session
find: .-name: No such file or directory
find: gnome-session: No such file or directory

# find -name gnome-session
No printout

Can't locate 'gnome-session'

B.R.
Stephen

Remark: KDE can be started without problem