[K12OSN] startx puts display on server

[Jim McQuillan]

Dale,

Is Gnome installed ?

Does it work at the console ?


I've seen others have trouble loading gnome, but I don't know what the
problem was in those cases.  Hopefully, someone will step up and give a
glue.

Jim.



On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Dale Harkness wrote:

> Jim McQuillan wrote:
>
> > Dale,
> >
> > Even if you go to failsafe, you are still running a session on the
> > server.
> >
> > AND, you are already running X.
> >
> > So:
> >
> > 1) No need to run 'startx', as X is already running.
> >
> > 2) typing 'startx' in a failsafe session is going to try to
> >   launch X on the server, because that is where you are
> >   running it.
> >
> >
> > I think your real problem is in the desktop environment that you have
> > set for default.  if you dont choose 'failsafe', which disp environment
> > is it trying to launch?  Choices could be Gnome, KDE or Icewm.
> >
> > Jim McQuillan
> > jam at Ltsp.org
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Dale Harkness wrote:
> >
> >
> > > when i log my clients in they seem to go thru, but then my screen just
> > > takes me back to a logon.  when i go to failsafe terminal and run
> > > startx, i get the error that display 0 is already in use by the
> > > server.  if i do a startx -- :1 the computer starts, but the display
> > > goes to the servers monitor....odd???!!!???.  i am not sure why this
> > > is, anyone out there know a reason?  thanks.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > > dale
> > >
> > >
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> When i load my machines, by default, they are supposed to go to Gnome, however
> when i do that the screen flickers a few times, and then takes you back to the
> logon screen.  no errors or anything.  the only logon that works is failsafe.
> you can logon to the machines as root and it logons ok, but any other user it
> just flickers and takes you back.  why is that?
>
> dale
>
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