[expert] Disappearing Gnome

2000-12-28 Thread Traci Collins
Hi! I have a perplexing problem with a Mandrake 7.2 installation. Everything seems to go well, I have installed both Gnome and KDE but always boot graphically to Gnome, until I have a reason to reboot. Obviously I can go some time without needing to do that . But, when I do, I have a problem. Upon

[expert] Disappearing Gnome

2001-01-02 Thread John W
I tried to reply to this thread last week but I guess only one of three of my posts actually makes it to the list... At any rate try this to fix your GDM problem; as root: chmod +x /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/Gnome Also add that command to the bottom of /etc/rc.local. -- John Wheat

Re: [expert] Disappearing Gnome

2000-12-28 Thread Salane
you didn't upgrade your Gnome to helix did you? Salane On Thursday 28 December 2000 05:18, you wrote: > Hi! I have a perplexing problem with a Mandrake 7.2 installation. > Everything seems to go well, I have installed both Gnome and KDE but > always boot graphically to Gnome, until I have a reas

Re: [expert] Disappearing Gnome

2000-12-28 Thread J . A . Magallon
On 2000.12.28 Traci Collins wrote: > Hi! I have a perplexing problem with a Mandrake 7.2 installation. > Everything seems to go well, I have installed both Gnome and KDE but > always boot graphically to Gnome, until I have a reason to reboot. > Obviously I can go some time without needing to do t

Re: [expert] Disappearing Gnome

2000-12-29 Thread Traci Collins
"J . A . Magallon" wrote: > See what /usr/sbin/chksession -l says. If it does not have Gnome, some > thing is broken in your install. Yes, I think we can agree on that . > mdk rebuilds gui available envs each time it boots. Look at > /etc/rc.d/init.d/mandrake_everytime > It calls /usr/sbin/fnd

Re: [expert] Disappearing Gnome

2000-12-29 Thread Traci Collins
Salane wrote: > > you didn't upgrade your Gnome to helix did you? > I actually did it several different ways. Since I had the problem on four different fresh installs (down to the point of deleting and recreating partitions), I was able to experiment. I did upgrade Mandrake gnome to Helix at le

Re: [expert] Disappearing Gnome

2000-12-29 Thread civileme
On Friday 29 December 2000 13:26, you wrote: > Salane wrote: > > you didn't upgrade your Gnome to helix did you? > > I actually did it several different ways. Since I had the problem on > four different fresh installs (down to the point of deleting and > recreating partitions), I was able to exper

Re: [expert] Disappearing Gnome

2000-12-30 Thread Traci Collins
civileme wrote: > > > Helix and the 7.1/7.2 menu structure are incompatible. There _may_ be a fix > at the helix site. They prefer to support their own. > > Civileme Thank you for being such a helpful individual. I have noticed how often you have a solution for so many different people. Menu