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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] No GNOME after upgrade
From:       Robert Schweikert <rschweikert () novell ! com>
Date:       2010-09-17 17:10:22
Message-ID: 4C93A0FE.3030002 () novell ! com
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On 09/17/2010 12:44 PM, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> On Friday 17 September 2010, Robert Schweikert wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Used zypper dup to move from 11.1 to 11.3, and now my desktop will no
>> longer display. Well, the background displays OK, but there is no panel
>> and right click on the desktop does not work either.
>>
>> When I remotely log into the machine and set $DISPLAY to :0.0 and then
>> try to start xlock for example I get the following:
>>
>> -> xclock
>> No protocol specified
>> Error: Can't open display: :0.0
>>
>> Starting a GNOME app such as just results in the following:
>>
>> -> gnome-terminal
>> No protocol specified
>> Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display:
>>
>> -> echo $DISPLAY
>>
>> :0.0
>>
>> Any ideas what's going on here and how to fix it?
> 
> Looks to me as the X settings have been screwed up and has to be fixed.

OK, any pointers about what files I need to fiddle with would be much
appreciated.

Robert


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