Quoth "Joost Witteveen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 03/04/2008, Sebastian Tennant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> Since I last upgraded my Lenny box, both xdm and gdm silently fail to >> start at boot time. >> >> Actually, something in each of their init scripts fails and they are >> never actually called. > > you could type > > sh -x /etc/init.d/gdm start > > to see what gets executed, and maybe have a better idea of what causes > the problem.
Thanks for your tip. It helped me find the answer... uswsusp was upgraded and when asked if I wanted a fancy splash image I blithely answered yes and installed 'splashy' not knowning that it affects virtually everything, including the behaviour of your display manager. Sebastian -- Emacs' AlsaPlayer - Music Without Jolts http://sebyte.org/eap.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
