[ILUG-BOM] Problem starting GNOME

[Sameer Niphadkar]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 abhilash kumar wrote :
>Hi all,
>
> 	Recently I happened to add an application to be
>started whenever I login to the system on an RHEL ES
>system. This I did by using Start Menu | Preferences |
>More Preferences | Sessions and startup programs on a
>GNOME Desktop. It didn't start on a KDE Desktop even
>at that time.
>
> 	All was fine and the application used to popup when I
>start login as desired user. Then later on I stopped
>the startup of the application by removing the
>corresponding entry at the same location. But then
>whenever I login as the concerned user I am unable to
>start GNOME but can only login to KDE (Both are
>installed).
>
> 	For other users on the system there is no problem
>using both the Desktop Environments.
>
>googling around also didn't help so all the
>suggestions are valuable
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>

Check out your .xinitrc.template file for gnome configuration. Do backup the original file before you make any changes.

Sameer

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