Re: Update on 'unstable' left Gnome unusable
I think the issue might be this:
tail ~/.xsession-errors
OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against 90600f, you have 90601f
I recall someone else mentioning this somewhere?
Cheers,
Corey Popelier
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Jeff Davis wrote:
> I have a thread I started up a little ways, so watch that series as well. It
> is called "startx not working, but X does".
>
> try the following:
> 1) get a command line with no graphical login. kill any X process or xdm or
> gdm
> 2) do:
> user@host:~$ X&
> ( it will start an X server. Hit ctl-alt-F1 to get back to the prompt )
> user@host:~$ DISPLAY=:0 gnome-session
>
> I hope this helps you. I guess someone broke a package. Please tell me if you
> find a way to get it working. I am just gonna wait out for a new update from
> this point.
>
> Looks like they call it "unstable" for a reason. That's O.K., I would still
> rather use unstable for my desktop. Beats old software!
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Davis
>
> On Saturday 14 April 2001 19:23, Larry Elmore wrote:
> > I'm running Unstable with kernel 2.4.2 and performed an update using
> > apt-get yesterday. At first X was dead, but I was able to get it running
> > (it never asked me whether or not to overwrite /etc/X11/XF86Config-4,
> > but certainly did so). Now, however, I can't get past the gdm login
> > screen except by selecting Xsession instead of Debian or Gnome. It
> > simply resets back to the login screen. I've tried everything I can
> > think of, to no avail. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Larry
>
>
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