I guess I'll rephrase the question. I can't start gnome using gdm or xdm under a clean install of Woody that I just did. The screen goes black, then returns to the menu. Since the login menu displays ok and the curser moves fine, I don't think it is a problem with my xf86config.
Any idea which log files should I look at to find out where the error is so I can find out what is configured wrong?...or ideas on which debs I should try purging and reinstalling? I can use pon to connect on the internet, so reinstalling portions of the distro are not a problem, but I would rather not reinstall everything from scratch. Thank you in advance, Glen