Re: sarge gnome does not show anything after login on fresh installs

[Katipo <katipo@weavers-web.org>]

John Smith wrote:

> To all those other s*ckers, like me, who install, like me, sarge as 
> from today from scratch with gdm version 2.4.4.7-3.
>
> Symptoms: gnome does not display anything after logging in 
> through gdm-login except for a blue screen and a mouse pointer.
>
> This is a hint about what is wrong:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=241323
>
> It does not start gnome-session
>
> Workaround:
> edit your /etc/dm/Sessions/default.desktop
> modify "Exec=default" to "Exec=custom"
>
> Save the attached file (from an earlier release) 
> in your ~/.xsession 
> chmod +x ~/.xsession
> /etc/init.d/gdm restart
>
> Couple of other things as well:
> It fails to set gdm as the default window manager
> update-alternatives --show x-window-manager
>
> YMMV, DNTTAHK, etc.
>
>  
Or, install wdm instead.

Regards,

David.