session manager problems

[richard harding southsomerset gov uk]

     Hi all,
     
     I've tried using exec gnome-session in my .xinitrc on my redhat 5.2 
     box - gnome libs 1.08 and core 1.05 ( latest I think) gmc .30 ( also 
     latest ?)
     
     Works fine to start with - very neat, but after a couple of 
     logins/logouts something seems to get corrupted in .gnome - I log in 
     and enlightenment doesn't start ( 0.15.5 and its in my path) and 
     sometimes the panel doesn't come up or takes ages.
     
     The way I've cured this is to ctl+alt+bkspc to exit X and rm -rf 
     .gnome* and .enlightenment* then when I log in all is well
     
     Any ideas where I should look to provide more info and or fix the 
     problem ? - I've reverted to not using gnome-session for the time 
     being
     
     Thanks in advance
     
     Richard
     
     r.harding@btinternet.com