On 31/10/11 17:01, Beartooth wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:06:32 +0000, Beartooth wrote: > > [....] >> But something is still wrong. It gets part way through booting, >> then gives me an error box saying it failed to load session "gdm-shell" >> and a Log Out button. Clicking the button just takes you back to the >> same error box. >> >> At that point, it does accept an ssh connection. Using one, I >> tried yum update, and also added a few things; but no joy. > I ssh'd into it again, became root, did init 3, and the error box > went away, giving me a prompt. I logged in as user, and tried startx. > That got me a different error box, this time complaining of gnome itself. > > I hit the logout button in the box; it gave me my prompt back, > plus a lot of messages, which appear to've been its response to startx. > > They begin with one saying that file /home/btth/.serverauth.1845 > does not exist. Then come a lot of messages from the X server 1.11.1 > Among other things, it's using /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /usr/share/X11/ > xorg.conf.d, getting the monitor size wrong (1024x768 instead of > 1680x1050) and failing to find gnome-shell, metacity, nor gnome-panel. > > How do I remind it to boot to xfce instead of gnome?? > Try startxfce4 or startxfce ... Bob -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines