> Nico De Ranter wrote: > > > > Howdy, > > > > I don't know whether this is the correct mailinglist to post > > this but anyway... > > > > I upgraded my Debian box to unstable and installed gdm. Unfortunately > > when I try to login the screen flickers a few times and the gdm screen > > pops back. When I start X by typing startx from a text console > > everything works fine. I noticed this problem on a few PC's that > > have been upgraded to potato so I think it's a bug and not a > > misconfiguration. > > what does your ~/.xsession-errors file say after gdm does this? It should > give us an idea of what's happening so we can help solve the problem... > the symptom you list just means that, for some reason, X is unable to load > its WM, or has some other error that ends the session. It could be a number > of things.
I verified it: my .xsession-errors stays empty :-(. > > --Evan > -- -------------------------------------------------------- How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink? -------------------------------------------------------- Nico De Ranter Sony Service Center (SUPC-E/NSSE) Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]