Hi! In a misguided effort to get apt-get to install some package, I unwisely uninstalled and re-installed several gnome-related packages. The re-installation went (seemingly) without a hitch, but now a few things are very messed up. The most serious one is that when I run startx from the console, I get an X environment *with no desktop*: the background is a fine-grained black-and-white (effectively gray) herringbone pattern, not the solid-color background I had before, and there are no bars with launch icons, minimized windows, etc. running along the bottom and top. (Luckily there were a few xterms in an earlier saved session, which got re-started automatically for the new X session, otherwise I don't know how I would have been able to communicate with the system--other than by switching to a text-mode console with ctrl-alt-F? or by killing the X server altogether with ctrl-alt-backspace.) As before, I have chosen gdm as my default "display manager", but this does not seem to be enough to bring back my desktop. If instead of running startx from the console I run gdm, eventually (after logging in again) I land at another desktop-less X environment, although this time I get my old solid-color background. What must I do to bring back my old desktop or ANY desktop? Thanks! kj P.S. I am running Linux Debian 3.0 (woody), with a 2.4.18 kernel. P.S.2 Is there a way to configure gdm so that when run from the console it does not bring up a redundant login dialog, but goes directly to the desktop, just as startx does? _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
