starting GDM gets me an xterm, not the Gnome desktop

[Lowell Gilbert]

bob.middaugh at comcast.net (Bob Middaugh) writes:

> Hi everyone,
> I installed 6.2 and chose X-Developer for the distribution.  After the install, but still in sysinstall, chose gnome from the packages.  When gnome finished installing, I rebooted.  I did startx as root and got the xterm, but when I typed gdm from the prompt, nothing happened.  
>
> So, I went back into sysinstall and chose gdm(usually it gets installed as a D).  After the gdm install, I did startx as root, got the xterm, typed gdm, got the gdm dialog box and logged in.  Instead of getting the gnome desktop, I got an xterm session.  This has never happened to me before, and I know I've been doing it this way since 6.1 for sure, but probably 6.0 as well.  
>
> Does anyone have any insight as to why I'm not getting the gnome desktop?

Don't start gdm with X already running.
To start it automatically, use the rc.d script.