I apologize, I forgot to mention that I was trying to start X with Gnome from a console. I normally boot to run level 3 and later start the GUI from there. I tried your suggestion. I changed /etc/inittab to boot to run level 5. I have not used GDM a lot, and I don't remember seeing "Failsafe" as an option. It was not available when I looked this eveing. I appreciate your effort. I should have remembered that whenever there is a problem in starting Gnome, delete the user's setup directories and restart. I ran "rm -fdr gcon* && rm -fdr gnom*" in the user's home directory, ran startx again, and everything works. Thanks again, Bob Barrett ___ Ritesh Khadgaray wrote: >Would it be possible to login to desktop from gdm using "Failsafe" >session. Once logged in, run gnome-session from "terminal" window >present on screen. This print out diagnostic messages > >gnome-sesson > >On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 21:29 -0400, Bob Barrett wrote: > > >>After assembling a new computer, I installed Fedora Core 5 with the >>usual stuff including Gnome. This computer consists of Tyan S2865ANRF >>main board, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Dual-Core processor, 2 GB RAM, PNY >>Quadro FX 1500 256 MB graphics card, Acer AL2423WR 24" WUXGA 1920 x 1200 >>DVI LCD, and an old (5 pound) Compaq keyboard (the best keyboard I've had). >> >>Gnome started up first try, as usual, for user "bob". It was running at >>1280x1024 as installed, and I set up some favorite things, then went to >>System - Preferences - Screen Resolution. The monitor model was not >>available, but 1920x1200 was. I chose that and it worked; no problem. >> >>The most useless key on the PC keyboard is "Num Lock". The PC keyboard >>has cursor keys. The number pad should always be active. I've used >>calculators and other number machines all my life. At the risk of being >>redundant, the number pad should always be active. >> >>I used "yum -y install numlockx". Gnome will not work for the user >>anymore. It works fine for root. Obviously, a permissions problem. It's >>hard to see how NomlockX could cause this, but I have nothing else to go >>on. I could reinstall Gnome, but that's giving up. >> >>Anyone have any ideas? >> >>Thanks for your help, >>bobbrrtt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>_______________________________________________ >>gnome-list mailing list >>gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx >>http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list >> >> _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
