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On 12/08/2009 11:28 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

> I tested DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" now, X is coming up and lets me log in ...
> but I only get some ugly and very simple desktop (xsm ...). This only as
> a test ...
>
> So it seems more gdm/gnome-related to me, right?

That would be my guess.  I don't use gdm so I don't know how to fix it.
I use startx with "exec /etc/X11/Sessions/gnome" in my ~/.xinitrc. You
could try that to see if gnome starts correctly.