Installing Gnome 2.4


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I have Knoppix installed on the hard disk so it's basically now just Debian.

I used an apt-get frontend (Synaptic) to install all of the Gnome modules and dependancies but it does not show on the login menu.

I can choose KDE, icewm, windowmanager etc.. but I don't see Gnome on that list.

How do I get Gnome as a valid desktop environment choice? According to Synaptic, everything seems to be installed correctly.

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You should be able to have a file called /etc/X11/Sessions/Gnome containing something like:

#!/bin/sh

exec gnome-session

but I use the script that comes with Gentoo (it may be the same for other distros). It is a bit complex so I attached it.

Gnome

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You should be able to have a file called /etc/X11/Sessions/Gnome containing something like:

#!/bin/sh

exec gnome-session

but I use the script that comes with Gentoo (it may be the same for other distros). It is a bit complex so I attached it.

I have /etc/X11 but I don't have a Sessions folder.

Some of my other environments have their own folders.

/etc/X11/icewm

/etc/X11/windowmaker

/etc/X11/xfce

/etc/X11/xfce4

/etc/X11/fluxbox

etc...

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In case anyone other than myself cares, I did fix the problem.

Using my Microsoft skills, I rebooted. Uninstalled the packages. Reinstalled the packages and rebooted. For some reason this time it worked.

I did the same trick with FreeCiv and that also seemed to fix the problem with the CivServer GUI and the missing icons from the game submenu.

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