Re: Error trying to get gnome 1.0 working

[Tim Lewis <talewis worldnet att net>]

Eric,
Here you go...


1.  Make sure you have the machine name properly aliased...
Open /etc/hosts, and make sure you see:

127.0.0.1  localhost localhost.localdomain <machine_name>
<machine_name>.<ISP_Domain_Name>

if your machine is named something other than 'localhost'.  If things
are set up correctly, you should be able to ping your machine name:

ping <machine_name>


My host file says:

127.0.0.1  localhost localhost.localdomain talewis
talewis.worldnet.att.net




2.  Make sure /usr/share has read and execute permissions for all...
cd to /usr and  type:

ls -ld share

It should return something like 'drwxr-xr-x'.  If not, type:

chmod 755 share

then cd to share, and type:

chmod 755 *


These have been typical things stopping regular users from running
gnome-session.  Make sure .xinitrc shows only 'gnome-session'.

BTW, if you can't get sound to work, make sure you are logged in as
root, and type:

esdctl unlock

The next time you login as a regular user, sound will work.


Let me know if you are successful.

Tim



Eric Garff wrote:
> 
> I downloaded and installed the rpms for gnome 1.0 and I am unable to run
> gnome/enlightenment anymore.  In my .xinitrc file I have the line "exec
> gnome-session" and only that line.  When I do a "startx" I get the
> Xserver information, comes to the initial X screen before the window
> manager starts, then exits, and at the bottom I recieve the following
> lines:
> ----
> SESSION_MANAGER=local/moses:/tmp/.ICE-unix/738, tcp/moses:1075
> 
> Priority 00 : Starting      Id = default0
> Priority 00 : Clonining    Id = default0
> Priority 00 : Registering Id = (null)
> 
> Waiting for X server to shut down
> ----
> 
> Also, whenever I do this, I have a core in my directory afterwards.
> 
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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