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  From: David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  To  : Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:21:21 +1030

Re: Gnome desktop blown away

Richard!

> Due to an accident over the weekend, my Gnome desktop got blown away, and I
> am in some sort of fallback mode where I can start up terminals from a
> root-window menu.
> 
> I am very busy now and do not have the time to search for the solution.
> Does anyone know what file I should fix to fix this?

Well, you could exec a gnome-session from .xinitrc, or even an xterm to
see whether that works but this would be particularly hacky but would
probably work. Take a quick look at "startx" to see what it actually
tries to run. My startx will boot twm if all else fails.

Alternatively you could attempt to use switchdesk-gnome or
switchdesk-kde (run from inside an xterm with the appropriate display
set of course) and see whether they manage to fix your problem.

DL
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