I’ve installed Openbox from the repo and when I log out of gnome and go to log into openbox, GDM restarts. It does this with IceWM too, and even TWM. Am I missing something? A config file that needs modified?
GDM is the Gnome Desktop Manager it controls your logins - which user, which desktop environment to login to - try the “session” link at the bottom, a list of possible different de’s should appear (at least that;s how it works in KDE).
If you used KDE you’d use KDM but there’s other options also like XDM. The xDM’s are just gateway menus.
That’s how I’ve been selecting my Openbox session. As soon as I choose the user and choose openbox for the session, I go to login and GDM restarts.
take a look at /var/log/gdm.log, might be large
I don’t have a log for GDM in that directory. I have a GDM folder which has no readable files in it.
On 2011-03-21 02:36, DupermanDave wrote:
> That’s how I’ve been selecting my Openbox session. As soon as I choose
> the user and choose openbox for the session, I go to login and GDM
> restarts.
You mean that the openbox session does not open. You probably haven’t
installed it completely.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
I have a kdm.log so I just assumed gdm would have one too
On 2011-03-21 12:06, google01103 wrote:
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> DupermanDave;2309063 Wrote:
>> I don’t have a log for GDM in that directory. I have a GDM folder which
>> has no readable files in it.
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> I have a kdm.log so I just assumed gdm would have one too
This is not a problem of GDM.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
Could be entirely possible. I’ll try using a different package and uninstall the one I currently have.
I installed it from the stock repository. I don’t see openbox for opensuse 11.4 anywhere else on the internet. Am I out of luck with this?
go to run level 3 (type “init 3” as root)
type “startx openbox” or “startx openbox-seesion” (not sure which) - there might be error messages displayed
I initiated runlevel 3 and tried to start openbox from the console. Here’s what I got:
xauth: file /home/dave/.serverauth.3188 does not exist
Fatal server error: cannot move /var/log/Xorg.0.log to /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
xinit is giving up
xinit unable to connect to X server: connection refused
I tried logging in as root and then ran the startx openbox command and got the same results.
Has there been any updates to this issue? I just installed openbox again and it’s still not letting me login. Installing lXDE lets me login, but it seems icewm, openbox, and fluxbox just don’t work.
On 2011-03-22 00:36, DupermanDave wrote:
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> I initiated runlevel 3 and tried to start openbox from the console.
> Here’s what I got:
In 11.4? And perhaps it works as root? This post may help you.
Marcus Meissner:
>> I’m new to SUSE but not new to gnu/linux, and this doesn’t seem like
>> ‘normal’ gnu/linux bahaviour to me. So is this a problem with my
>> installation (11.4 RC1) or is this the intended behaviour? Guys on IRC
>> seemed to think it was a bug, but if so why the ‘informative’ error message
>> suggesting I set the setuid bit?
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> No, this is intended. The setuid root bit from X was removed, so startx
> as user no longer works by default.
>
> If you need it back, uncomment this line in your /etc/permissions.local:
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> /usr/bin/Xorg root:root 4711
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> and run SuSEconfig --module permissions
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)