[NTLUG:Discuss] Gnome won't start...

[kbrannen@gte.net]

Fred James wrote:
> New machine:
> P4-2.0GHz with ATI Radeon 7500 (AGP) video card
> Red Hat 7.2
> 
> Installed binaries for XFree86 4.2.0, and can get a graphic login and 
> some sort of "desktop" - looks like X-Windows by itself (no Gnome).
> 
> The only clue I have found so far is this line for /var/log/messages, 
> but I am not sure it has anything to do with it:
> 
>     "modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-10-134"
> 
> Any assistance or pointers would be appreciated.

I doubt that message is pertinant to your problem, but you never know. :-) 
Try "grep char-major-10-134 /etc/modules.conf" and see if you get anything; if 
so, that should clue you into what device is having problems.  I don't have a 
device like that.

What does your ~/.xinitrc look like?  The stripped down version of mine looks 
like:

xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults
xterm -fn 12x24 -g 80x25-0+0 &
icewm

In place of icewm above, you could do "enlightenment" if you prefer that. 
Someone else mentioned "gnome-session", but I've always preferred to control 
as much of the process as possible.  Your preferences may vary. :-)

HTH,
Kevin