> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-test-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-test-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Kamens > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:33 AM > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases > Subject: Re: Current Rawhide just a bit too raw > > On 01/22/2008 10:09 AM, David Mack wrote: > > In /etc/sysconfig/desktop, change DISPLAYMANAGER: > > > > export DISPLAYMANAGER=XDM > > > > You don't need gdm to run Gnome. > > > Did that. Ran "telinit 3" and then "telinit 5" to reset > things, which > cause XDM to come up as expected. Typed my username and > password. It > ran my old .xsession file from before I started using GNOME. Deleted > the old .xsession file and logged out and typed my username > and password > again. Now the login window flashes as if it's trying to log > me in and > then comes back. Something's obviously failing, but > ~/.xsession-errors > is empty. So whatever XDM is trying to do to figure out what > it should > run when I log in, apparently isn't working. Had to switch > back to GDM > to be able to log in. My .xsession looks like this: 1> more .xsession #! /bin/bash if [ -e $HOME/.xsession-$HOSTNAME ]; then exec $HOME/.xsession-$HOSTNAME else gnome-session fi (I run different window managers on different boxes, hence the .xsession-$HOSTNAME stuff). Dave -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
