Thanks, Mark, for your reply. /etc/init.d/gdm exists, and when I run `update-rc.d gdm defaults` it says "System startup links for /etc/init.d/gdm already exist."
But now that you mentioned the keyword "gdm", I saw that `aptitude search gsm` says "c" as status for the gdm package. I tried `dpgk-reconfigure gdm` which said more clearly "gdm is broken or not fully installed". I then tried `aptitude purge gdm` and `aptitude install gdm`. During install there are some warnings: (...) The home dir /var/lib/gdm you specified already exists. Adding system user `gdm´ (UID 107) ... Adding new user `gdm´ (UID 107) with group `gdm´ ... The home directory `/var/lib/gdm´ already exists, Not copying from `/etc/skel´. adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/gdm´ does not belong to the user you are currently creating. (...) But that was the solution! Thanks again! Luc On 22.05.2009 10:39, Mark Shroyer wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:00:25AM +0300, Luc Saffre wrote: >> after upgrading my laptop to Lenny, the Gnome desktop no longer starts >> automatically when I boot up. It starts correctly if i then log in at >> the console and run `startx`. I tried `dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg` >> without change. I didn't see anything anormal in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. >> Any suggestions about the possible reason and what I can try next? > > Is the file /etc/init.d/gdm present on your system? If so, try running > > sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start > > when you log in to bring up the login screen. If this works, then run > > sudo update-rc.d gdm defaults > > to make sure that the runlevel symbolic links are installed. On the > other hand, if the GDM init script is missing for some reason, try > installing the package "gdm". > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org