On 2019-12-12 12:32, sean darcy wrote:
On 12/11/19 9:12 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 2019-12-12 09:08, Tom Horsley wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:59:04 -0500
>> sean darcy wrote:
>>
>>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop was empty.
>> Or maybe the problem is that it existed. I have no such
>> file on my system and X is working fine.
>>
>
> Well, I have a pure Xfce VM and it starts fine with a non-existent desktop or empty
desktop file.
> I wonder if it would be different if I added a second desktop. But, I'm not that
itching to try it. :-)
>
In either case, for a new clean install it's a mess.
I think the point is that you've fixed a problem by editing an empty file. Yet an
empty file or
a missing file doesn't cause a problem in all cases.
A mystery that may (will?) remain unsolved. :-)
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