To quote Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Thanks, that did the trick. I must have fried the settings when my # machine locked up a few sessions ago.
I find 'gnome-session' buggy. For quite a long time, I've been running without it. When I was using the panel, I just added 'panel &' to my .xinitrc(actually, not that, but an equivalent). I set my background in the same script. I set everything that 'gnome-session' would normally do manually, and I havn't looked back since. I notice that the system is generally more responsive. However, it should be noted that things like mouse settings and keyboard repeat rates can't be set in the Gnome Control Center if you don't use 'gnome-session'. David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)