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Subject: Re: 1.1.0rc1 available for test!
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:38:22 +0200
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Hi Alex,

Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com> skribis:

> After successfully completing system setup from the ISO using that
> selection, rebooting the system launches GDM OK.  Signing in to GDM
> however causes the system to loop back to GDM, instead of starting a
> ratpoison session.  It is not clear to me what causes the issue, but I'm
> happy to help debug if someone can provide me with pointers on doing so.
>
> Intuitively, I would hazard a guess that the initialisation of ratpoison
> fails and the session is aborted, at which point GDM is restarted.

Isn=E2=80=99t it just that GDM defaults to GNOME (not ratpoison), but since
GNOME isn=E2=80=99t available, it loops back?

What if you click on the small gear and select ratpoison?

Thanks for your feedback!

Ludo=E2=80=99.