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I've installed gnome, edited ~/.xinitrc for gnome and configured my system with hwd. However, as soon as I type startx at the command line, it pauses for a few seconds, then loads a blank screen, and about 10 seconds later gives me an error message that says:
Error: line 9: exec: gnome-session
What's wrong? The ~/.xinitrc file says what it should say to load gnome, but it's still not working. Any suggestions?
Bostoniman
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plz post your .xinitrc and also make clear what do you mean by configuring your system with hwd
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Below is the ~/.xinitrc file in nano:
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#
exec gnome-session
# exec wmaker
# exec startkde
# exec icewm
# exec blackbox
# exec fluxbox
Bostoniman
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OK, I've figured out that the problem doesn't lie with gnome, but with Xorg. I don't know what driver to use for my graphics card. I've been selecting the generic VGA compatible, but I know that according to lspci, my VGA compatible controller is VIA Technologies, Inc.: unknown device 7205 (rev 01). It is in an Averatec 3250HX notebook. Does anyone know what driver i should select in the xorgconfig program?
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Error: line 9: exec: gnome-session
sounds like more of a gnome error to me. Do you have the gnome bin directory in your PATH?
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It's all fixed. I figured out that it was simply because Gnome wasn't properly installed.
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