prodpedia <no-reply-gw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes in one run-on line: > I managed to install Fedora 11 on a Dell optiplex 260. On the first > boot - I can't launch the terminal in the graphical environment. On > clicking system tools->terminal it brings up a window with title > Starting terminal. It then disappears in a few seconds. Everything > else works. I can get to a terminal using Ctrl-alt-f2. But cannot > start the terminal within graphical environment. Can I reinstall > it. What is the program called? I understand that Gnome terminal is > different. I am a newbie so thanks for bearing with me. [ you know, you are allowed to hit <cr> every 70 chars or so. -wsr ] Did you see this in a freshly made user account or did you reinstall your home directory from backup or something? I'd guess some dot-file is screwed up (.bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc). Check .xsession-errors to see if the shell printed anything before it died. -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht Android 1.5 (Cupcake) and Fedora-11 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines