On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 13:39:26 +0100, schoappied wrote: > Hi, > > I know how to start a 'chroot environment' > (chroot chroot) > > How do I start gnome in xnest while in a chroot environment? So I can > customize the gnome desktop? > Bind-mount /tmp inside your chroot, so the X11 socket directory is shared. And then "startx ... -- /usr/bin/Xnest :1" should work. (btw, you might want to use Xephyr instead of Xnest) Cheers, Julien