On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:22:22AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > [28 lines, 180 words, 1096 characters] Top characters: etoiarml > > Le lundi 23 novembre 2009 à 22:38 +0000, Jeff Abrahamson a écrit : > > On logging in from gdm, I'm dropped in a default session (no wm, no > > gnome, etc.) It appears that /etc/gdm/Xsession is not trying to > > execute a gnome-session. (See attached .xsession-errors, in > > particular the line 'echo "$0: Executing $command failed, will try to > > run x-terminal-emulator"' and the absence of actually executing > > $command.) > > > > I'm not sure what the right fix for this is and would prefer not to > > start with hacks to files like /etc/gdm/Xsession. > > > > I suspect this is a matter of misconfiguration somewhere rather than > > outright bug, although perhaps that leaves a bug concerning a missing > > error message somewhere. > > > > Pointers much appreciated. > > From your log, it appears that the 50x11-common_determine-startup file > isn't sourced. Which could mean that x11-common is not installed. > > Does installing x11-common help?
It was installed, but a bit of debugging revealed an installation error. That fixed, the gdm -> gnome -> usable system path works correctly. Thanks much! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
