Starting gnome+metacity/windowmaker takes forever and leaving gnome-session takes even longer time. Also all xterms and gnome-terminals pop up when started or from saved state but no prompt appear :( On the maximum I can get one xterm and sometimes one gnome-terminal to use on the whole desktop! I suppose the problem is the access setup to the applications and suspect msec. Currently my msec level is 3. Very annoying indeed.
The .wmaker-session-errors file says when trying first to open an xterm, and then a gnome-panel under wmaker: Terminal: Error 18, errno 13: Permission denied Reason: spawn: open() failed on ptsname Terminal: Error 18, errno 13: Permission denied Reason: spawn: open() failed on ptsname Unable to open desktop file file:///var/lib/gnome/Mandrake/Configuration/Configure%20your%20computer.desktop for panel launcher: Error reading file 'file:///var/lib/gnome/Mandrake/Configuration/Configure%20your%20computer.desktop': File not found