[CentOS] Loading GNOME with GDM

[Hairul Ikmal Mohamad Fuzi]

Thanks for the reply, I'll give a try on all the suggestions as soon
as possible and get back to you guys with the results. Cant try
anything yet as I'm out of the office right now.

Thanks again.

On 5/11/06, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 07:25 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 16:26 +0800, Hairul Ikmal Mohamad Fuzi wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We have a few PC with CentOS 4 installed.
> > > By default, it runs to runlevel 5, which displays the GDM.
> > >
> > > I'm just wondering, how do I actually make the GDM to start GNOME
> > > automatically (after a successful login) for all normal user account
> > > without having to add 'exec gnome-session' in every user's ~/.xinitrc?
> > >
> > > The current scenario is, only successful 'root' logins starts the
> > > GNOME, while other normal user successful login is presented with the
> > > minimalist window manager (which is equivalent to 'Default System
> > > Session' from the GDM menu).
> > >
> > > I'd appreciate if anyone could help me to figure this one out.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > -Ikmal
> >
> > This is not the normal default behavior ... something strange is
> > happening with your setup.
> >
> > Maybe you didn't install the normal Gnome group but removed some of the
> > default gnome programs.
> >
> > If you think you did do a default gnome install  .... here is how to
> > test it:
> >
> > yum groupinstall "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment"
> >
> > That will tell you any default programs that you don't currently
> > have ... not have some of the programs can affect the default user
> > scripts.
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