This happens to me sometime, the reason is the X quits but the lock file under /tmp are not removed. X experts might has some clue.
Another workaround is remove the lock file as root. Thanks, Halton. On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 14:01 +0100, solarg wrote: > hello all, > this problem appears on my machine, but not always. When a user (local > user i mean) logs out, there is only a black screen, and here is the > error message: > > # tail -f /var/log/gdm/\:0.log > Fatal server error: > Server is already active for display 0 > If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock > and start again. > > > Please consult the Sun Microsystems, Inc., based on X.Org Foundation > sources support > at http://sunsolve.sun.com/ > for help. > > > actually, the "not" workaround is to restart gdm from a remote machine, > or reboot the machine... > > has anybody ever seen this problem? > > thanks, > > gerard > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
