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More info - <BR>
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this is not a fglrx issue, as it occurs with any driver.<BR>
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Notice the difference in the log marked root, where I directly logged in to gnome as root - the desktop environment simply works.<BR>
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The one marked yazdzik does not.<BR>
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Somewhere, the binary that starts the gnome desktop environment appears not to have permission to use the screen, since gdm is apparently started as root. This hypothesis is borne out by the fact that if I log in as root then switch user to yazdzik without logging out, everything is fine. <BR>
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This must have something to do with the way the xorg file is set up, or some security thing.<BR>
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Note as well: if I edit the xorg.conf file by hand and remove the monitor that grml-x installs, it is there again on the reboot, so I would like a way to try to write my own xorg.conf and not have it touched on the reboot. Is this possible?<BR>
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Or a solution whereby I can log in to gnome without the workaround would be better... ;)<BR>
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At any rate, this is definitely either a gdm or gnome-desktop-environment issue that has more to do with, I think, some grml install issues, since obviously, fglrx works in ubuntu and debian same basic setup.<BR>
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Enclosed please find root and user gdm logs and my xorg.conf. <BR>
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Thanks for not losing patience on this thorny issue, as the last grml install was perfect in every way. (hdd died over the holidays....)<BR>
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best to all,<BR>
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martin<BR>
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On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 11:07 -0500, martin yazdzik wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Dear Friends,</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Symptoms:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">login via gdm as root, no issues whatsoever</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">login vi gdm as yazdzik, gnome starts, then stops</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">no issue with fluxbox as yazdzik</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">what logs do I need to send so you can see what is wrong</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">this is a new install as of yesterday</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I have deleted user and /home, so there is an issue somewhere with something that I cannot grasp</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">did I bork the install somehow?</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">or is gnome currently broken somewhere(unlikely since it works as root...)</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">-m</FONT><BR>
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