I also solved the problem since tuesday, data where i sent this message
to cooker (with a small c), and also offered to repackage gnome-core
eventually.
The only question i'm still wondering if how to choose the number for
the file in /etc/X11/wmsession.d (why 2 for gnome, 6 for sawfish,
etc...) ?
Anton Graham a �crit :
>
> Submitted 19-Jul-00 by Guillaume Rousse:
> > I just upgraded mandrake_desk, which removed /etc/X11/windows-managers.
> > Now only functionning sessions are sawfish and failsafe.
> > At boottime, only available gdm sessions are sawfish and failsafe. GDM
> > error messages :
> > jui 19 23:34:54 agathe gdmlogin[1281]: Wrong permissions on
> > /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions//Gnome. Should be readable/executable for all.
> > jui 19 23:34:54 agathe gdmlogin[1281]: Wrong permissions on
> > /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions//Enlightenment. Should be readable/executable for
> > all.
> > When manually chmod +x /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/*, enlightenment and gnome
> > sessions becomes available also, but are broken, and switch to failsafe.
> > Here is chcksession -l result :
> > [root@agathe guillaume]# /usr/sbin/chksession -l
> > sawfish default failsafe
> >
> > I've looked for error messages in /var/log/messages, in
> > $HOME/.xsession-errors, but found nothing. I've checked xinitrc,
> > gnome-core, enlightenment for version number, all are most recent one.
> > So, where is the problem ?
> >
>
> I don't use runlevel 5, so I'm not terribly familiar with the session
> selections, but I did run into the same effects. After upgrading
> mandrake_desk, the next time I started X I ended up in failsafe
> (IceWM). Upgrading sawfish gave me that as well. Then I did:
>
> # cd /etc/X11/wmsession.d/
> # cp 6Sawfish 2Gnome
>
> I then edited my new 2Gnome file to point to gnome-session instead of
> sawfish. Then I started X, brought up a term and launched my WM
> (which had gone missing). Logged out saving the session and I was
> back in business.
>
> I don't think all of the window managers have caught up with the new
> session management just yet (Probably will as they get their BM and
> macro mods).
>
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