Re: [PLUG] Oddness with gdm (graphical login)

["Joseph B. Welsh" <JWelsh@ConsecoDirect.com>]

It's a documented problem with the Mandrake 7.2.  I also had the same 
problem
if you check the following webpage

http://home.tampabay.rr.com/jandr/Mandrake.htm
And go to the How to Archive
Select Helix Gnome

There is a nice write up about the problem and the solution.

Give it a try it worked for me.

Joe

Michael Leone wrote:

> OK. So I'm trying out Mandrake 7.2 - quite a nice distribution. But I'm 
> having a bit of a login problem, and having difficulty finding out the 
> reasons (and answers).
>
> I now login via gdm (the Gnome Display Manager). Fine; I can deal with that. 
> BUT ... it seems to keep forgetting that "Gnome" is an option.
>
> I've noticed that the file "Gnome" in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions keeps losing it's 
> "execute" privilege. If (as root) I do a "chmod a+x Gnome", then "Gnome" 
> shows up as an option in the gdm login box. HOWEVER, if I reboot, then the 
> file gets reset  - there's no more "execute". And I haven't found what it is 
> that's resetting it. Has to be something Mandrake specific, but I haven't 
> been able to figure out what.
>
> Anybody using Mandrake 7.2 with gdm? Or ANY thoughts? :-) It's really irksome.


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