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dgerwin11
April 26th, 2009, 04:18 PM
When I turn on my computer I get this message:

no exec line in the session file: xfce4.
running the GNOME failsafe session instead

I click OK then it pops up to tell me I will start without start up scripts and to use the session to fix the problem.

How do I fix the problem?

henrik_daver
April 26th, 2009, 06:29 PM
Check this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-utils/+bug/354204. For me, the change from "xfce4" to "xfce" in $HOME/.dmrc worked, but other solutions (to other problems with the same error message) have been found.

dgerwin11
April 28th, 2009, 02:25 AM
How do I find $HOME/.smrc ?

zerebruin
April 29th, 2009, 10:34 AM
How do I find $HOME/.smrc ?

in a terminal type

sudo vi $HOME/.dmrcor, if you prefer another editor replace vi with that editors name (e.g. nano)


Changing xfce4 to xfce worked fine for me.

dgerwin11
April 30th, 2009, 02:39 AM
Thanks for getting me to $HOME/.dmrc Unfortunately replacing xfce4 with xfce did not work for me. Guess I'll have to keep using the failsafe mode til the bug is fixed.

alpho2k
May 4th, 2009, 03:19 AM
thanks, it worked for me!

dgerwin11
May 5th, 2009, 01:51 AM
how did you do it? I can type in the new line, but when I hit enter, nothing happens

jimbob83
May 26th, 2009, 04:43 AM
I had the same problem after upgrading from 8.10. I couldn't find any $HOME/.dmrc file, so I copied bcasanov's file from the link above, changed xfce4 to xfce and now it boots to the desktop.