Re: Gnome does not want to start

[Jon Colverson <jon_colverson@yahoo.com>]

Zeno Davatz wrote:
> Now when I do:
> gnome-session
>
> I get:
> (gnome-session:463): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

You might like to try installing GDM with:
apt-get install gdm

This gives you a nice graphical way of logging into your system, and can 
start Gnome for you automatically. The errors you're seeing are because 
the programs you're running cannot find the display server (the X 
server) to connect to, either because it isn't running, or because your 
environment isn't set correctly. GDM is a nice solution to both those 
problems.

--
Jon