Thanx 4 the suggestion. Here is my ~/.xsession-errors file. The repeating
** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. error at the bottom seems to correlate to the problem. How could I find out what handler is missing? On /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "kat" /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... SESSION_MANAGER=local/local:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3920 Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 manager.c/949: Mounted: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_3_1 ** (gnome-cups-icon:4025): WARNING **: Could not start the printer tray icon, because the CUPS server could not be contacted.selected locale: en-US DOUBLE-CLICK: 400 --> -1 THRESHOLD: 8 --> -1 (script-fu:4296): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: script-fu: wire_read(): error ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. ** (gnome-terminal:4047): WARNING **: No handler for control sequence `device-control-string' defined. 10/29/2005, "Andrew Whitlock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My first step would be to check /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog. >> Look for *any* kind of error messages. With the programs like Firefox >> or The GIMP, I would run those programs from a command line, so that >> when they crash, you might be able to see (in the console) some clue as >> to why they died. > >I would add to this to check your ~/.xsession-errors logfile to see if any >information from past X application crashes was placed here as well. >-- >Andrew W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://failsure.net/ > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
