I think I have at least figured out that I am launching into the fvwm2 window manager. I have attempted to add the "gnome-session" line to the xinitrc file but it still starts the fvwm interface. I must be missing something. Richard > > I jumped into the upgrade with both feet without taking the time to > > really understand what I was doing and now can't seem to get to my > > Gnome desktop. I am new to Linux and haven't quite got the startup > > process figured out. My problem is I now boot into a light > green low > > resolution screen with what looks to be a rectangular menu > bar and a > > terminal screen. So I now wonder what I did (I accepted > the default > > install > > prompts) and how I can get back to my normal desktop. > > > > I have an AMD64 machine with an ATI RADEON 9600 graphics card (the > > reason I upgraded to 4.4). > > > > Anyone know how to get back to my Gnome desktop on startup? > This is a quiet strange effect for an upgrade.. > Do you boot to a graphical screen or to a login console ? > It would be great to send the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and > /var/log/XFree86.0.log > to the list. > Anyway, you can try this: edit your ~/.xinitrc. > Put there: > #startkde > gnome-session > > This will normally launch gnome.. If you prefer kde, > uncomment kde and comment > gnome. > HTH. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
