Re: Cannot start anything other than Twm session

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On Thursday 18 December 2003 03:11, DBW wrote:
> Not sure if this is a XFree86 issue or not.  I suspect there is some
> setting, configuration, lock etc that is messing with it.  Insight or
> direction would be greatly appreciated.

	This is a RedHat problem.  Check in /etc/X11 or /etc/Defaults or ...
	find for gdm directories (could be /etc/X11/gdm or /etc/defaults/gdm or /etc/
gnome/gdm ... under /etc and see from there)

>
> I cannot start any windows session other than Twm.  Was using GNOME from RH
> 9.0, upgraded XFree86 to 4.3.0 and graphics drivers to ATI FireGl X1 4.3.0
>
> gdm always ends up in Twm, whether you choose GNOME or KDE etc from the log
> in screen.
>
>  From text login, executing startx goes to Twm, and executing gnome-session
> (not 100% sure can do that from the command line like that) gives "Gtk
> WARNING: cannot open display".
>
> Installed is RedHat 9.0
> Updated XFree86 to 4.3.0
> Updated ATI FireGl X1 (graphics card) drivers to 4.3.0
>
> Attached are the config and log files for XFree86, if that helps any.
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.  I would love to get my
> desktop back ;-(
>
> Catch ya,
>
> DBW
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> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a
> nail.

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