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civ247

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Registered: 2005-08-05

Posts: 53

Get gnome to start on xinit

I just reinstalled arch to a newer version(2.6.13). Everything works perfect except gnome does not start when i do xinit on the command line.

I edited xinitrc - removed entries for fwm, the clock etc and replaced it with
exec gnome-session but this doesnt work.

Xinit starts only the x server and one terminal into which i can then type gnome-session to start gnome.

What am i missing? My xinitrc now is identical to the one on the old install.

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Get gnome to start on xinit

You should be doing startx, not xinit.

civ247

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Registered: 2005-08-05

Posts: 53

Re: Get gnome to start on xinit

Well that was incredibly stupid of me. Thaks!!

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Get gnome to start on xinit

Hmmm... xinit worked for me. :?

mezoko

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Registered: 2005-03-26

Posts: 310

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Re: Get gnome to start on xinit

If you want gdm to start on boot edit /etc/inittab

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