How to manually start gnome?

[James Cooley]

Try:

up2date --install xorg-x11 gnome-desktop gnome-panel

To ensure that your X11 environment gets installed with gnome properly. 
Those packages will cause all of their dependencies to be installed as
well.

--James Cooley




> Well, I just want to get the windowing system working at all. When it
> enters
> init level 5, upon boot up, I get the typical error of "Init(x) respawning
> too fast" which after much research I determined to mean that the X
> windows
> subsystem isn't starting.
>
>
>
>>From: "Smith, Albert" <Albert.Smith at genexservices.com>
>>Reply-To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
>>To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
>>Subject: RE: How to manually start gnome?
>>Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:04:55 -0500
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ed Greshko
>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:27 PM
>> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>> > Subject: Re: How to manually start gnome?
>> >
>> > Seth G wrote:
>> > > I just installed Enterprise Linux WS and get the typical
>> > error "Init "x"
>> > > respawning too fast" when X windows won't start.
>> > >
>> > > I'm trying to start it manually to get a more explicit
>> > error (yes I've
>> > > checked /var/log/messages) but I guess startx has been deprecated.
>> > >
>> > > What's the new method for starting gnome manually? Keep in
>> > mind that
>> > > I'm already at Init(5) and gnome is not launching.
>> >
>> > startx is just fine....but you don't say what level of RH you
>> > are running either.  You may actually want to look in
>> > /var/log/XFree86.0.log.
>> >
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>>gdm is the gnome display manager which handles the login and everything
>>else. If you just want to use Xwindows for just that session for the
>>logged in user only then run startx. If you want it globally the put
>>your self at run level 5. It should start all the needed resources.
>>
>>Albert Smith
>>Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
>>HPCSA, RHCT
>>Genex Services
>>440 E. Swedesford Rd.
>>Wayne, PA 19087
>>albert.smith at genexservices.com
>>(610) 964-5154
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