Re: I broke gnome2 *snff*
--- David Purton <dcpurton@chariot.net.au> wrote: >
Hello debian-users
>
> In a foolish endeavour to get gnome 2.4 on my
> testing machine
> (previously had 2.2 pulled from unstable) I
> downloaded a stack of debs
> an installed them.
>
> Sadly now gnome-session gets as far as its splash
> screen before
> hanging and I have to ctrl+alt+backspace my way out
> of trouble.
>
> also I can't run galeon, nautilus, epiphany,
> gnome-panel even from
> enlightenment.
>
> I'm really struggle to find any sort of useful error
> output to try and
> diagnose what might be wrong.
>
> My best guess is sometihng to do with Bonobo, but
> that's where I run
> out of ideas.
>
>
> See various terminal output guff, that might help
> below:
>
> Does anyone know how I can fix gnome2.4 :(
>
>
> Thanks
>
> dc
>
This has worked for me before when I ran into similar
problems. There is a file in your home directory
called .xsession_error or something like that. If your
delete it, log off and back on again it may fix your
problem. Like I indicated, it works for me.
Anim
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