Window manager not launching

Hello,
I have just made the switch from Ubuntu to Arch. I'm attempting to install gnome3, and i've gotten the login window (GDM I think it's called?) to appear, but after i select my username and type in my password, nothing happens. The only line in my ~/.xinitrc is:
exec ck-launch-session gnome-session
Please help?? I'm so close.
Thanks.
Last edited by DigitalHazard (2012-01-28 04:34:25)

Thank you for your help - I still cant figure out why Gnome doesn't launch, but I installed KDE and it works fine, so I guess I'll stick with it.
I have GDM and Gnome installed. If i replace kdm with gdm, I have the same problem - gdm loads properly, but gnome doesn't launch after i login - I just get the background.
Here's the Daemons part of my rc.conf:
DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng dbus network networkmanager bluetooth netfs crond ntp kdm)
Last edited by DigitalHazard (2012-01-30 12:19:53)

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