(still talking to myself) A colleague here at work has also pointed me to a useful article on how the X system starts up http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=21335&seqNum=1

Regards,

Keith ____________ 'Remain steadfast...and one day you will build something that endures; something worthy of your potential.' - Epictetus

From: Keith Watson Sent: 25 June 2004 14:27

Answering my own posting now! (is that the same as talking to yourself? - I do it all the time :o) )

OK I found an interesting thread at lists.debian.org http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2003/11/msg00314.htm l that suggests some strategies for tracking down gnome problems.

Regards,

Keith ____________ Do not fear the arising of thoughts - only be concerned lest your awareness of them be tardy. Zen Saying

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From: Keith Watson Sent: 25 June 2004 13:47

After running apt-get update on my Debian install last night (actually I used apt-zip but it's the same thing) I now find that gnome 2.4 won't start (it was working fine before).

dmesg (or alt-f9) doesn't seem to show anything untoward except for some gconfd messages saying gnome is shutting down.

Does anyone know if/where gnome keeps its own run logs so I can get a clue why it's throwing a wobbler? I tried the www.gnome.org site but it's definitely an information overload situation when looking for clues to this. Google wasn't much help either.

Regards,

Keith ____________ Live life as life lives itself. Zen Proverb

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