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Re: startup problems after woody upgrade
Nope - it never was resolved. As your's is the only answer I
have I'll give it a try, and it does appear to an eminently
sensible solution - thanks!
Nick.
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 10:57 pm, Montz, Michael wrote:
> Did this get resolved? I have a similar problem, my solution
> was to create an .Xsession file in my home directory with
> exec icewm
> as the only entry.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Montz
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Baird [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 9:50 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: startup problems after woody upgrade
>
>
> At the moment I'm starting everything manually. Typing
> startx appears to start x, but it then shuts itself down
> again straight away. Typing gdm starts x and brings up the
> gdm login screen. I can start kde fine from the gdm screen,
> but the libranet option doesn't work. I can select failsafe
> xterm, then type icewm and get libranet/ice running.
>
> It's not a big problem, but it would be nice to have a
> simpler way of starting ice!
>
> Nick.
>
> On Saturday 29 December 2001 2:21 pm, rod wrote:
> > I just checked /etc/gdm/Sessions and it references the file
> > /etc/X11/Xsession. This file contains the default settings
> > which are will be replaced by the ~/.Xsession file if it
> > exists. I don't have an .Xsession file in my home directory
> > either. If things are already broken you could try touch
> > .Xsession to create an empty file in your home directory.
> >
> > Can you start the gui using startx? You could also try gdm
> > restart. I've had this happen after upgrading gnome
> > packages but I'm not sure what causes it.
> >
> > Rod
> >
> > Nick Baird wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I decided to tidy up my laptop installation over
> > > christmas, and so re-installed Libranet with the minimum
> > > package selection. I then dist-upgraded it to woody. I
> > > have had a woodied Libranet working on this machine
> > > before, but wanted a smaller, cleaner install due to the
> > > limited processor capacity. I want Libranet/Ice as the
> > > default window manager, with KDE to be installed for some
> > > apps.
> > >
> > > However, I messed something up!
> > >
> > > Firstly, during the woody upgrade one of the packages
> > > asked about setting default keymaps. I selected the
> > > option to leave everything alone, which has turned out to
> > > be wrong. Now when I type startx at a console I get an
> > > error:
> > >
> > > The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> > > >Error: can't find file "uk" for symbols include
> > > > Exiting
> > > > Abandoning symbols file "default"
> > >
> > > I can manually enter loadkeys uk, and the correct uk
> > > keymap is loaded and works from the console, but it
> > > doesn't stop the above error.
> > >
> > > I have tried copying the uk keymap gz file from
> > > /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/ to
> > > /etc/console-tools/default.kmap.gz, but this doesn't fix
> > > it either. Does anyone know if woody keeps it's default
> > > keymap in a different place to potato?
> > >
> > > Second problem - I can type gdm at a console which will
> > > start x and bring up the gdm login screen. However, when
> > > I try to login I get bounced back to the gdm screen. It
> > > appears that with the gdm and x upgrade the path to my
> > > default window manager (Libranet/ice) has gone astray.
> > > The gdm configuration has a default script for Libranet
> > > that says exec
> > > /usr/X11/Xsession, which in turn contains a line that
> > > says startup=$HOME/.xsession. I don't seem to have a
> > > .xsession in my home directory (and yes I know dot files
> > > are hidden). I do have a .xsession-errors and .Xresources
> > > but neither seem to have anything to do with starting the
> > > default window manager.
> > >
> > > I know plenty of other people have upgraded to woody, so
> > > has anyone else encountered this and fixed it?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance, and happy new year!
> > >
> > > Nick.
> > >
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