Re: About to give up: No X after upgrade from Potato to Woody

[marshal@h9.dion.ne.jp]

>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Januski <kenjanuski@mindspring.com> writes:

    Ken> If anyone can answer a couple of other questions I'd
    Ken> appreciate it though I realize I've probably used up my
    Ken> amount of "list time" for the next month or two. I went to
    Ken> follow your suggestion regarding ~/.xsession but it turns out
    Ken> I don't have one. I'm not sure why. I assume I must just use
    Ken> /etc/X11/Xsession instead. Is there an advantage to a
    Ken> separate .xsession file? This is a one person system so I'm
    Ken> guessing no.

Just cleaner.  /etc/X11/Xsession may get stomped on when you upgrade.
~/.xsession won't.  It override /etc/X11/Xsession anyways.

    Ken> Also X no longer boots to Gnome as it used to and I'm not
    Ken> sure why. If you or anyone has any suggestions please let me
    Ken> know. I realize this is really a different topic so can
    Ken> always investigate it and post a new message if I still have
    Ken> problems.

Try "exec gnome-session" instead of "exec windowmaker" in you ~/.xsession.

Good luck.

Marshal


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