Re: Woody & Gnome 1.4
Sorry for bothering you with my ex-post "silly" question.
I've found that the problem was caused by erroneous ownership of /tmp
directory (root.root drwxr-----). I've corrected this and now it's all
ok.
The mistake was due to the fact that I had copied (cp -a) all
directories from one partion to another, but those "not influent" like
/tmp, /cdrom, /floppy etc.
As root I created all these missing directory with no concern at all for ownership.
Thanks anyway
Vittorio
dman [debian-user] <02/11/01 08:26 -0500>:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 10:53:00AM +0000, Vittorio wrote:
> | I've upgraded my desktop from potato to woody from scratch.
> |
> | To put it in a nutshell now I have Bunk's kernel 2.4.13, Xfree86 4.1,
> | gnome 1.4 and gdm.
> |
> | My problem is that while starting as ROOT I can obtain gnome, its
> | panel and gmc when I start as an ordinary user I only get a nice,
> | useless gray graphic surface with a blinking arrow for my mouse.
> |
> | I have tried to put a "gnome-session" in .xinitrc and .xsession with
> | the only disconforting result to have the gnome 1.4 logo started then
> | again the mere gray graphic surface with nothing in it.
> |
> | I'm somewhat confused because under potato building .xinitrc and
> | .xsession is enough to have a running gnome surface.
> |
> | Please, help step by step.
>
> Try running "startx &" in a console, then switch back to the console
> when X starts. Then run "sawfish &" and "gnome-terminal &". Switch
> back to X. If you see the apps there, that is good news :-). Then
> you should be able to run "gnome-panel" and "gnome-cc" and select a WM
> to use the next time gnome starts. Logout (via panel), then try
> "startx" again.
>
> HTH,
> -D
>
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