GNOME boot error
This is a discussion about GNOME boot error in the Everything Linux category; When I booted my laptop this morning and tried logging into GNOME, I got the standard blue background and xterm in a window. Just started this morning. Yesterday, I used apt-get to add a bunch of the packages I could have added on installation and didn't at the time, as well as adding Totem and the supporting RPMs.
When I booted my laptop this morning and tried logging into GNOME, I got the standard blue background and xterm in a window. Just started this morning. Yesterday, I used apt-get to add a bunch of the packages I could have added on installation and didn't at the time, as well as adding Totem and the supporting RPMs. I can't think of anything I added that should have messed with the desktop itself, though. Anybody out there know a fix?
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Is this after or before GDM? What distro? Apt-get Debian or apt-get rpm?
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It's apt-get rpm and I got the normal blue fedora login screen (user and password), but after entering those is when the error occurred. So I'm not positive if that's before or after GDM, but I think maybe before? It's Gnome-terminal 2.6.0-2 and Gnome-panel 2.6.0-9. Thanks.
The log in screen is the same as GDM. If you are getting that far, tell me what happens if you try this.
When you get to GDM, choose "failsafe" as your session instead of Gnome. You'll wind up with an Xterm in the lower right hand side. As $ go:
gnome-session [enter]
And tell me what happens.
Also, did you install KDE? If so, does it work if you choose that as your session desktop environment?
When you get to GDM, choose "failsafe" as your session instead of Gnome. You'll wind up with an Xterm in the lower right hand side. As $ go:
gnome-session [enter]
And tell me what happens.
Also, did you install KDE? If so, does it work if you choose that as your session desktop environment?
