FEDORA CORE5 2 DESKTOP

This is diary about desktop management .

1. i want to start gnome . so i made a new file .xinitrc at homedirectory of root and added followings
mine@/root: cat .xinitrc
#!/bin/csh
#start some nice programs

#twm & \uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff
#xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & \uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & \uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & \uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff
#exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login \uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff

exec gnome-session # \uffff\uffff\uffff\uffff
#exec icewm-session
#exec vino-session
mine@/root:




2.http://www.anarg.jp/~s-doi/freebsd.html
ところで, xdm や kdm などのディスプレイマネージャを使う場合には, login 後に実行されるファイルは .xinitrc ではなく .xsession です.
そこで, .xsession は .xinitrc を読み込むような記述にします. [.xsession の例]



3.Error message could not look up for internet address for hostname.domainname(in my case belagelo.com ) .....
then i added the following line to /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 belagelo.com
it stopped the message to come again .