On 2019-12-13 00:39, sean darcy wrote: > On 12/11/19 11:38 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 2019-12-12 12:32, sean darcy wrote: >>> On 12/11/19 9:12 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >>>> On 2019-12-12 09:08, Tom Horsley wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:59:04 -0500 >>>>> sean darcy wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop was empty. >>>>> Or maybe the problem is that it existed. I have no such >>>>> file on my system and X is working fine. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Well, I have a pure Xfce VM and it starts fine with a non-existent desktop or empty desktop file. >>>> I wonder if it would be different if I added a second desktop. But, I'm not that itching to try it. :-) >>>> >>> In either case, for a new clean install it's a mess. >>> >> >> I think the point is that you've fixed a problem by editing an empty file. Yet an empty file or >> a missing file doesn't cause a problem in all cases. >> >> A mystery that may (will?) remain unsolved. :-) >> > How to you start X ? from a terminal ? or the gdm ? > Mine is a normal Xfce install. So, I don't start from the command line. lightdm is the default display manager. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx