Help !

[Edward]

Julien Le Houérou wrote:

> Alexander Dalloz a écrit :
> 
>> Am Di, den 14.09.2004 schrieb Julien Le Houérou um 15:25:
>>
>>  
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>>> Hi, i juste upgraded to 2.6.8-1.521smp, with the brand new video drivers
>>> from nvidia (6111), and it remains the hell :
>>>
>>>    - X tries to launch at least 10 times, on different displays, so
>>>     that i never can see the login banner and have to run 
>>> startx             from a command line to get an x-desktop working
>>>
>>> and as if it wouldn't be enough
>>>
>>>    - the gnome desktop background does not display, neither the 
>>> desktop itself (however i can correctly see the gnome panel).
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Could you be more specific? Running X started not through the display
>> manager but invoked by startx command, you then have no gnome running
>> properly?
>
>> I suspect that you run gdm, so have a look at the log file. That is
>> always the starting point. To be found where all other logs are located
>> too, under /var/log/ - here in an own directory: /var/log/gdm/.
>>
>>  
>>
>>> PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It makes me mad :'-(
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Please don't behave like a little child, crying and whining. So do not
>> repeat your mailings (your first mail with same content and different
>> subject was from today 11:36). If nobody answers, nobody has time or is
>> willing to answer or has an idea. Repeating, even with starting a new
>> thread, is kind of unfriendly. This is no support group, just a helping
>> community of volunteers.
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Julien Le Houérou
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Alexander
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> All apologies for repeating.
> 
> Indeed i use gdm, i will look at the logs you indicated.
> 
> Still i do not have gnome working properly, it appears for the second 
> time. After a first upgrade i had troubles with gnome-panel, this time 
> the desktop does not display...

and your x.org startup log says?

Regards,
Ed.