You just have gnome-libs? You need more than that: "gnome-session" is in gnome-core for GNOME 1.4.x (if I remember correctly). You will probably want to install sawfish, too, because that's the standard window manager for that version of GNOME. I recommend the "bundle-gnome" package, which will install all of the standard GNOME stuff.

Commenting out the "twm" line does indeed mean that you're trying to run with no window manager.

On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 10:07 PM, Greg Kintz wrote:

I am having problems starting Gnome.

I have installed
       xfree86-base
       xfree86-rootless
       gnome-libs

Without creating the ~/.xinitrc file, XDarwin will start and I get the standard xterm windows.

I created ~/.xinitrc and tired the sample commands from the Dcoumentation, Running X11 - 4 Starting XFree86, 4.3 The .xinitrc > File:

source /sw/bin/init.sh
exec gnome-session

But, the X crashes. I then copied /private/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc and added the line, source /sw/bin/init.sh on line 4 of the file, and then exec gnome-session at the end.

XDarwin starts up, but goes into the twm window manager with xterm windows and clock, but no Gnome.

I tried to comment out out the twm & line, but I just get the xterm windows and clock, but no window manager at all.

Lastly, I commented out all of the lines after # start some nice programs and added only:
exec gnome-session


But, XDarwin crashed.

What am I doing wrong?

Greg


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