[sllug-members]: Gnome refuses to start after crash

[Robert Lewis]

Chris Carey wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2008 11:09 AM, Marc Christensen <marc at mecworks.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> My machine crashed the other day.  When it rebooted, Gnome wouldn't
>> start.  I get an error message that my session lasted less than 10
>> seconds.  When I look at the details it says something about
>> sabayon-apply but no details. I did "rpm -V $(rpm -qa)" and everything
>> came back clean so at least the installed packages are all good.
>>
>> KDE starts fine.  Same with TWM and FVWM.  Now, some may say, with TWM,
>> why would anyone want for more?  I hear you.  But this is bugging me so
>> if you have any ideas. let me know.
>>
>>     
>
> You may want to try renaming your .gnome and .gnome2 (etc) folders
> prior to login. Maybe some of the config files are corrupt.
>
> Chris
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>   
In my view this a brilliant suggestion.  What I do is always create a spare
login session that I keep relatively pristine and then try to login
using it.
If that works then it proves to me that my other login session has something
that the desktop doesn't like.

Bob