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Re: problems debian / gnome



on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:16:34AM +0100, Marko Djukic (tech@oblo.com) wrote:
> At 11:11 PM 29/10/2001 +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote:
> >On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:03, Marko Djukic wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > have a problem, I did a debian install and that went ok... i did a gnome
> > > install and that didn't seem to go too well.
> > >
> > > everytime i boot, debian gets to the login prompt, waits 1sec then blanks
> > > out the screen with a cursor blinking in the top left corner and i 
> > can't do
> > > anything.
> > >
> > > most probably some file missing, but i can't figure out what. i can get
> > > into maintainance mode (ID 1) and look around but not sure where...
> > >
> > > any ideas anyone?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > marko
> > >
> > > ps. potete rispondere anche in italiano, grazie! :)
> >
> >Look in /home/<user>/.xsession-errors

Please use postfix quoting format:  your reply goes below the material
cited.  Trim your quotes appropriately and ensure your attributions are
accurate.

Thank you.

> there is no /home/<user>/.xsession-errors file...

How about /var/log/XSession*?

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