--- Oliver Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok i tried gnome-failsafe but this results in the same error, the 'your > session > lasted less than 10 seconds' phrase. The xsession/failsafe login works, but > what exactly shall i do after that barebone window manager pops up?
Nothing. It's the gnome/gnome-failsafe sessions that you want to look at. > I tried to log off and then log in to a gnome session, but again the error > msg > popped up. I can't login to a gnome session with either root or my existing > user account, which only works for user accounts created from scratch... Have you run the gnome configurator (under the System icon) to see if root is allowed to login at all (I don't recall if you did/could before)? If newly created users can login and off, then the gnome system/default files are fine. It's your user account that contains something weird. As an experiment, move all the gnome related directories under $HOME to some other place. See if you still have the same problem. If you don't, then you can start over and if you're interested in finding the problem, compare files/directories. If the problem still exists and you're really keen on finding it, try to break the newly created user account in a methodical way to isolate possible causes. If you're not keen, just use one of the new accounts and maybe ask a gnome related group. > Getting frustrated about this issue. I ask myself what might happen if i pull > the power plug while X is up ? Would this cause the same problem ? (incorrect > logoff, never ever login again) ? Poorly programmed. Sometimes when improper shutdowns occur, the file recovery process on the next boot up "repairs" the filesystem but it can produce text files with a lot of binary crap in them. Open files at the time of shutdown are likely to subject to this. > About the login screen: > > I'm using the following display resolutions in the XF86Config: > "1280x1024" "1600x1200", "1152x864", "1024x768", "800x600", "640x480" > > I had to move the "1600x1200" entry away from the leftmost position to > prevent > the login screen from being opened in 1600x1200, but the login screen gfx is > now bigger than the display resolution. Must i really remove the "1600x1200" > entry from the list ? And where can i find "1280x960" ? No. Use "man XF86Config" and look up the word "virtual" for the Display subsection. To find 1280x960, look in your log file (/var/log/XFree86.x.log, where x is some integer, likely 0) and see if it is recognized during the probe phase. If so, see if it is listed as a Modeline in /etc/X11/XF86Config. If its in the log but not a modeline, add it. Then add it in the Modes section of the Display section in XF86Config I'm not sure how complete the X scan is but lookup your monitor at the manufacture's website to see it it valid. If you can do 1600x1200, likely you can do 1280x960 so that's not really the issue. I'll bet the numbers you need are in the log file, but that's a guess. --DB ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
