On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:08:00 -0500 "Richard Tree" <rjtreehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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). To get back into gnome, create a file in your home directory called .xinitrc (with a decimal point in front.) Put the following single line in it: exec gnome-session To get a usable screen, you need to configure the proper driver. I've sent you a working XF86Config-4 for that. > > > > Anyone know how to get back to my Gnome desktop on startup? > > > > Thanks, > > Richard > > -- Guy Rouillier _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
