Re: X probs after upgrade

[Michel Dänzer <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch>]

Wilhelm Fitzpatrick wrote:

> So this morning, I decided to let X roll forward, and now I have this
> weird situation:
> 
> On book, gdm starts and and I can log in, but after logging in I am just
> faced with a blank x screen with no clients, no gnome, just a cusor and a
> gray background.
> 
> Running startx instead of gdm brings up X with no clients.  I can switch
> back to the console and launch clients manually in this case.
> 
> Gnome was starting up fine for me prior to update.  Any thoughts on what
> has gotten broken here?

Does it stay the same if you choose a session explicitly instead of letting it
try to run your last one?

Any hints in ~/.{gnome,xsession}-errors ?


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