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Re: no /user/.xsession found



On 9 Mar 2000, Marc wrote:

> Jaume Teixi <teixi@6tems.com> wrote:
> > Xssesion: unable to start X session: no /user/.xsession found, no window
> > manager, and no terminal emulators found
> 
> > why ?
> Hum, have you one of these installed ?
> Check /etc/alternatives for a x-window-manager file and a x-terminal-emulator 
> file. If you can't find them, try an "apt-get install xterm wmaker".
> 
I had the same behavior until I did "update-alternatives --auto x-window-manager".

This fixed the problem, for me at least.  See man update-alternatives for more.

AFAIK this is a known problem, but I'm not sure there's a bug report yet.

-ptw




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