I can no longer load any window manager. They all give some variation on the error: unable to open display "" (that's twm's error, gnome's is): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: SESSION_MANAGER=local/goodmanbrown.dnsalias.org:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3482 Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: So, I can't load any window manager, BUT, X will load if I invoke it directly. I can just enter "X" and I will get the gray screen with the x-shaped pointer. No errors are recorded in the X-windows log, and no warnings are there that haven't been there all along. (Everything was working fine until last night.) More puzzling still, if I use xinit to load X with a terminal window, I can then invoke gnome-session and gnome loads without any errors that are apparently relevant to displays. (there are two file errors and one Gtk WARNING: gtk_signal_disconnect_by_data(): could not find handler containing data). Using the same method, twm loads without errors. I found a web page that seemed to suggest that I try setting my DISPLAY environment variable to "127.0.0.1:0.0" but that had no effect, except the errors printed that they couldn't open that particular display, rather than not printing any display name. I also tried reinstalling my video drivers (proprietary nvidia), but that changed nothing. The only error message I can find to offer is the "can't open display" one. Has anyone had a similar problem, or know what might have caused this? Any suggestion at all would be much appreciated, as I'm at a loss to know where to start troubleshooting this. Thanks, Ian -- Reclaim the Public Domain! Sign the petition at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/eldred/petition.html _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list