Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-26 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:37:25 +0530, Disc Magnet wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:05:45 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: ~/.xsession is recognized by the Xsession usually located at /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession or /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession.  gdm, usually

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-26 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2010-04-25, Disc Magnet discmag...@gmail.com wrote: ---SNIP--- I was just experimenting to see if I can put any startup commands which will run everytime I log into GNOME. In both trials, GNOME crashed. Put the commands in .gnomerc (for GNOME only) or .xsessionrc (for all X sessions). If

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-25 Thread Disc Magnet
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:05:45 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: On 4/14/10, Camaleón wrote: (...) Anyway, what is the full content of your ~/.xsession file and what is your final purpose, I mean, what do you want to achieve

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-16 Thread Marc Olive
El Thursday 15 April 2010 09:11:21 Freeman va escriure: An empty .xsession file will crash Gnome too. (I remember that debacle.) I can't offer a technical explanation. Maybe it can be viewed as similar to initiating two desktops environments simultaneously. .xsession is the X session script

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-16 Thread Jon Dowland
Freeman wrote: An empty .xsession file will crash Gnome too. (I remember that debacle.) I can't offer a technical explanation. Maybe it can be viewed as similar to initiating two desktops environments simultaneously. I'm not convinced GNOME is actually involved here. Are you (or the OP)

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-15 Thread Freeman
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 03:31:29PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:55:18 +0530, Disc Magnet wrote: So, how do I prevent it from crashing and successfully log in? Curious is that I don't have such file in my home (running Lenny and GNOME here) :-? Anyway, what is the full

GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-14 Thread Disc Magnet
If I create an empty (0 length) .xsession or an .xsession file containing one line, say, echo hello, world, I get this error when I try to log into GNOME. Your session lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself this could mean there is some installation problem or that you

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-14 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:51:00 +0530, Disc Magnet wrote: If I create an empty (0 length) .xsession or an .xsession file containing one line, say, echo hello, world, I get this error when I try to log into GNOME. Your session lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-14 Thread Disc Magnet
So, how do I prevent it from crashing and successfully log in? On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:51:00 +0530, Disc Magnet wrote: If I create an empty (0 length) .xsession or an .xsession file containing one line, say, echo hello, world,

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-14 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Disc Magnet discmag...@gmail.com wrote: So, how do I prevent it from crashing and successfully log in? Delete the .xsession file. I'm running GNOME, and don't have one. Patrick On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 14

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-14 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:55:18 +0530, Disc Magnet wrote: So, how do I prevent it from crashing and successfully log in? Curious is that I don't have such file in my home (running Lenny and GNOME here) :-? Anyway, what is the full content of your ~/.xsession file and what is your final purpose,

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-14 Thread Javier Vasquez
On 4/14/10, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:55:18 +0530, Disc Magnet wrote: So, how do I prevent it from crashing and successfully log in? Curious is that I don't have such file in my home (running Lenny and GNOME here) :-? Anyway, what is the full content of your

Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.

2010-04-14 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:05:45 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: On 4/14/10, Camaleón wrote: (...) Anyway, what is the full content of your ~/.xsession file and what is your final purpose, I mean, what do you want to achieve with that file? ~/.xsession is recognized by the Xsession usually