<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi folks, I've been investigating a GDM startup error on my fathers Hoary system. I have GDM working now by copyin my /etc/gdm directory and the /etc/gnome* directories. Whenever any one logs in we get the following error: "Cannot find or run the base session script, will try the Gnome failsafe session." We click the Ok button and then the following appears: "This is the failsafe session. You will be logged into the "default" session of Gnome. We click on the Ok button and enter a normal looking Gnome session. Syslog has the following entries for a login that results in the above messages: <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 16px;" lang="x-western">May 12 21:01:27 arch kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. May 12 21:01:28 arch kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 2x mode May 12 21:01:28 arch kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 2x mode May 12 21:01:55 arch gdm[20656]: session_child_run: Cannot find or run the base Xsession script, will try GNOME failsafe May 12 21:01:57 arch gconfd (harry-20667): starting (version 2.10.0), pid 20667 user 'harry' May 12 21:01:57 arch gconfd (harry-20667): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 May 12 21:01:57 arch gconfd (harry-20667): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/harry/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 May 12 21:01:57 arch gconfd (harry-20667): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 May 12 21:02:08 arch gconfd (harry-20667): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/harry/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0 May 12 21:04:33 arch gconfd (harry-20667): Exiting May 12 21:06:57 arch kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. May 12 21:06:57 arch kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 2x mode May 12 21:06:57 arch kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 2x mode May 12 21:12:08 arch gdm[22083]: session_child_run: Cannot find or run the base Xsession script, will try GNOME failsafe May 12 21:12:10 arch gconfd (ruscook-22096): starting (version 2.10.0), pid 22096 user 'ruscook' May 12 21:12:10 arch gconfd (ruscook-22096): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 May 12 21:12:10 arch gconfd (ruscook-22096): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/ruscook/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 May 12 21:12:10 arch gconfd (ruscook-22096): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 May 12 21:12:23 arch gconfd (ruscook-22096): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/ruscook/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0 May 12 21:13:07 arch gconfd (ruscook-22096): Exiting Any ideas on what to do or replace next? </div> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Kind Regards Russell ================== <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.windsorcycles.com.au">www.windsorcycles.com.au</a> bikes.no-ip.info Linux user #369094 ================== </pre> </body> </html>