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Re: "gnome-session" wont work



> > On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 20:38:39 +0100
> > "Axel Bojer" <axelb@start.no> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello Debian-users!
(...)
> >When I try to start up gnome from the commandline
> > with the command "gnome.session" I get the error message: dev/dsp no
> > such device. Does anyone have an Idea what this means, and how to get
> > gnome start from the commandline? 
> > > Thanks in forward!
> > > Greeting, Axel
> 
> > I don't know if you tried to start gnome from text-mode or from an 
> > x-terminal.
> > In any case you'll need to run X before you start gnome. 
> > Best way to for the first time is to start a usual x-session,
> > with 'startx' from vga(text)-mode then type 'gnome-session' on an
> > x-terminal.
(...)
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > Tom


YES! That fixed it: I must start "X" first, then type "gnome-session". Thanks 
again!

Axel

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