On 20 Jul 2001 09:44:28 +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > I was using Gnome from the time I started with Debian, > some 11 months back. I since went on to Helix Gnome and > then Ximian - which I now wish I hadn't. > > When I start up my Ximian desktop, I get multiple copies > of both midnight commander and Netscape opening up. > I have looked in every possible location and cannot source > the root of the problem. > > I have downloaded all the recent Ximian patches as well > but none of them seems to fix what is a very irritating > problem. > > In the meantime, I have switched to icewm to retain my sanity. > > Any hints from the assembled on this problem? > > Sam
Try removing your ~/.gnome/session file, or maybe kill all your apps, then save your session (under the Gnome menu Settings->Session->Save Current Session. I used to use Ximian Gnome, but after having too many problems, I switched to the Debian packages under unstable. HTH Craig -- Craig Holyoak [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.uq.net.au/craigh/