[Gllug] Centos 4 Desktop Problem

[Richard Huxton]

Steve Nelson wrote:
> Greetings chums,
> 
> Normally I don't bother with any of the desktop stuff, as I just use
> ratpoison and a bunch of xterms, but I decided to group install all
> the desktop stuff for a change.
> 
> X.org was already installed, so I just did:
> 
> # yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"
> 
> I then changed default runlevel to 5, and rebooted.  I get gdm, and
> can log in as root, and get the desktop environment.
> 
> If I try to log in as sanelson, I just get a blue background and a
> mouse pointer - it almost looks like just metacity is running.

I've seen strangeness with old .gnome*, .gconf* config directories - 
also worth checking if gconf is running.

Oh - try creating a new user and logging in as them. If that works it 
must be old/damaged config settings.
-- 
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd
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