X ICE error when logging in

[Derek Broughton]

Brian Walker wrote:

> Now - I had not installed icewm before on this system, so I was puzzzled
> as to why gdm should refer me to icewm in the configuration file. Does
> anyone know why?

Nothing you wrote suggested that GDM had pointed you to icewm at all.  Why
would you expect 'ice' and 'ICE' to be the same thing on a Unix-type
system?  
> 
> My solution - I installed icewm and all relevant dependancies from the
> root terminal. Rebooted into icewm and all is well. Now I want to track
> down exactly WHAT happend to my system and WHY. Can anyone shed some
> light?

The .ICE* files are internal X control files, and icewm probably just had
something in its startup to fix the .ICEauthority file if it was broken.
-- 
derek