Unable to start Gnome

Ted Kaczmarek tedkaz at optonline.net
Mon Nov 24 10:41:39 UTC 2003


On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 01:02, Clifford Snow wrote:
> I can not start gnome when I log in from GDM.  I've been using gnome
> with no problems since I upgraded to Fedora.  Today it hangs when I
> attempt to log in.  Same for any user I try.  Everything else seems to
> be working normally.  I can log into a kde session without problem Which
> I assume means that X is working ok.
> 
> I've tried removing (from a google search) gconf and orbit files in /tmp
> without success.
> 
> Any suggestions?  
> 
> Thanks,
> Clifford
Try creating a test user, and see if they can log in.
If so, it is likely that something in ~/.gnome2 is your problem.
Some packages can be a little cruel :-)

Ted





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