Hi! I have a perplexing problem with a Mandrake 7.2 installation.
Everything seems to go well, I have installed both Gnome and KDE but
always boot graphically to Gnome, until I have a reason to reboot.
Obviously I can go some time without needing to do that <GRIN>. But,
when I do, I have a problem. Upon reboot I have lost Gnome support.
The graphical login program tells me that Gnome is no longer
available on my system and asks if I would like to change my default
login to KDE. When I check the list of installed graphical
environments both Gnome and Sawfish are missing and they were there.
This happens to me when the reboot is a completely normal shutdown
and reboot so that everything gets shutdown properly and it has
happened four times now so there is a certain frustrating consistency
about it.
This isn't a problem I have noticed anyone talking about. Has anyone
discovered how to prevent the disappearance of gnome on a system
reboot? The immediate fix would be some information on how to edit
the configuration of the available graphical environment choices
since I can get back into gnome when I come up from the command line
with startx and .xinitrc. Still, the alteration of my startup
configuration is so dramatic and consistent that I would like to know
what is causing it as well as how to fix the symptoms. Thanks for any
assistance you might have to offer.
Traci
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Traci Collins, MA, CCAI, CCNA
Professor of Computer Education
Colorado Mountain College
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