Re: Gnome-session startup failure
Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> writes:
> A.L.Meyers wrote:
>> Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> writes:
>>
>>>A.L.Meyers wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi! When trying to start gnome-session, I get the Debian splash
>>>>screen but then gnome exits, the console indicating an error in
>>>>/usr/lib/libXft.so.2. Ideas welcome on how to get around this. Lux
>>>
>>>/var/log/gdm ?
>>>/var/log/XFree86.0.log ?
>>>
>>>Hugo.
>> Don't have gdm installed, so use "startx /usr/bin/gnome-session".
>> The second log shows AFAICS nothing relating to the problem. Using fvwm,
>> blackbox, windowmaker or ratpoison, X starts without a hitch. KDE does
>> not work, however.
>> Lux
>
> Exactly what is his problem with libxft2? Does it exist?
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2004-01-01 11:33 libXft.so.2 -> libXft.so.2.1.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71896 2003-11-17 10:28 libXft.so.2.1.1
Plese see excerpt from /usr/lib just above.
Greetings,
Lux
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