gnome-terminal-server &
-#gnome-settings-daemon &
-#gnome-shell &
-
# we don't see this running at home, but it sure seems needed on vmbuilder.
gnome-panel &
+#gnome-settings-daemon &
+#gnome-shell &
+
#######
# one or the other of the window managers here.
#hmmm: but mutter doesn't work at all.