I normally run KDE but I need to run GNOME as well. I found that I didn’t have GNOME on my system so I installed the package, logged out, selected GNOME and it logged back into KDE.
I installed and tried this with XFCE as well to see if it would work and it still falls back to KDE.
Using GDM also does the same as above.
kjc wrote:
> I normally run KDE but I need to run GNOME as well. I found that I
> didn’t have GNOME on my system so I installed the package, logged out,
> selected GNOME and it logged back into KDE.
As soon as you try to login into gnome and fails, take a look
into “~/.xsession-errors” and search for any relevant messages.
Greetings,
–
Camaleón
The problem is that there is no indication that GNOME even started up in the first place. Same with XFCE, IceWM and WindowMaker.
Checking the “.xsession-errors” file was one of the first things I did and there is no reference to anything but KDE.
kjc wrote:
> The problem is that there is no indication that GNOME even started up in
> the first place. Same with XFCE, IceWM and WindowMaker.
>
> Checking the “.xsession-errors” file was one of the first things I did
> and there is no reference to anything but KDE.
Did you install all the required packages to get a full gnome environment?
Maybe you missed something :-?
Selecting the “gnome” pattern in yast should be enough.
Greetings,
–
Camaleón
Did you install just one package? That can’t be right. In the software installer you have to select the GNOME desktop pattern to be installed entirely. Same for XFCE.
You should be able to start Gnome from gdm, kdm, xdm. Doesn’t matter what displaymanager (dm) you use. But you have to select the pattern to install a functional desktop.
Right after posting I see Camaleon’s post pointing in the same direction. Must be it. Keep us posted
Yes, I have been installing each desktop environment by pattern in the package manager, this is what is so odd, since that means all appropriate parts of each environment have been installed.
kjc wrote:
> Yes, I have been installing each desktop environment by pattern in the
> package manager, this is what is so odd, since that means all
> appropriate parts of each environment have been installed.
Odd :-/
How about login gnome with user “root” (or any other system user)?
This is just to check if another user works or fails as the current user
does :-?
Greetings,
–
Camaleón
Ah, when I login as root from KDM and select GNOME, it does get through to GNOME.
kjc wrote:
> Ah, when I login as root from KDM and select GNOME, it does get
> through to GNOME.
Mmmm, maybe some files were messed up under your user’s profile.
What’s the ownership of your user’s “~/.ICEauthority” file?
Greetings,
–
Camaleón
The ownership of .ICEauthority is my username, and the “users” group. Nothing strange there… :S
I managed to “fix” it by removing most of my config files. Some of the configurations had been in there for at least 5 years and my home folder basically looked like a mess.
Regular spring cleaning anyone?