Re: A small problem

[Ole Laursen <olau hardworking dk>]

Bill Cote USG <billcote zk3 dec com> writes:

> I have been having a strange problem getting gnome up and running on
> my HPUX machine.  I have successfully installed it and It seems to
> want to come up (no errors) but when it gets to the desktop, it is
> simply an x screen (little x's forming a greyish backdrop with the
> cursor a big X in the middle).  The interesting problem is that it
> only starting doing this after we took a power hit.  I have gone as
> far as unistalling/reinstalling gnome to no avail.  I have looked all
> over for a file that might point me in the right direction but I can't
> find anythin.g.  I don't know if it is a problem with X as CDE comes
> up fine for me if I try to use that.  Any suggestions/questions?

Perhaps one of the configuration files was screwed up? You could try
moving .files in your home directory to a temperary location, e.g.
.gnome .gnome2 .gconf etc.

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Ole Laursen
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