On 2019-12-13 00:39, sean darcy wrote:
On 12/11/19 11:38 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> 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. :-)
>
How to you start X ? from a terminal ? or the gdm ?
Mine is a normal Xfce install. So, I don't start from the command line. lightdm is
the default
display manager.
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