Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Disc Magnet <discmagnet@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, how do I prevent it from crashing and successfully log in?
Delete the .xsession file. I'm running GNOME, and don't have one.
Patrick
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:51:00 +0530, Disc Magnet wrote:
>>
>>> If I create an empty (0 length) .xsession or an .xsession file
>>> containing one line, say, echo hello, world, I get this error when I try
>>> to log into GNOME.
As the doctor said to the guy who said, "It hurts when I do this,"
"Don't do that."
>>>
>>> Your session lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out
>>> yourself this could mean there is some installation problem or that you
>>> may be out of disk space. Try logging in with one of the failsafe
>>> sessions to see if you can fix the problem.
>>>
>>> There aren't any errors in .xsession-errors when I try to log in with
>>> the 0 length .xsession file. In case of the .xsession file with echo
>>> hello, world, I see just 'hello, world' in the .xsession-errors file.
>>>
>>> Why does this happen?
>>
>> I'll make an "educated guess" O:-) and say ".xsession" file runs the
>> commands you specify and then "exits" (if none, then does nothing).
>>
>> So the message you are getting just warns you about a session expiration.
>>
>> Gretings,
>>
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