Hello Lawson!
On "Re: Runlevels" [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Apr 11:
> You should leave at least one text console at each run level for just
> this reason, or else your X configuration may be a bit harder to debug.
I know. Anyway, runlevel5 can work without a console as far
as I can see.
> Did it offer a GUI login and then die, or does it die immediately from
> the get-go? That can be a clue which config file is munged.
It never reached GUI login. It ends the regular part (the one
initiated by the rc scripts) than the screen goes black, getting ready
to start GUI login than it fails back to the console with that two
line message, it waits for a couple of seconds, the screen goes black
again, than back to the console (with another pid!) and so on.
> I don't think so. I think if you will look with ls -l you will see a
> symbolic link:
>
> ls -l --color=no /etc/X11/prefdm
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Aug 10 2000 /etc/X11/prefdm ->
>/usr/bin/kdm
>
> (From a Mandrake 6.1 based ManSlackDrake 7.013 box - don't bother much
> with the elaborate GUI stuff).
Nope. I checked that out. It was one of the first things to
check. The err isn't (I think) /etc/rc.d related. It's about
this. Which is a bash script. And not a link.
> That is just gdm's melodramatic way of telling you it failed to start an
> X session, and it is your fault (you are the system administrator, and
> it expects you to be perfect.)
;-)
> I doubt it. I habitually run X from runlevel 3, and it is possible to
> run xdm and GUI login and so on starting it from a console at runlevel
> 3. I am not going to install gnome just to debug your config, but
Nonono
Don't do it. I'm looking just for a hint of where to look for
some restraint or something like that. There is nothing like that in
gdm.config...
> There, that is better. I don't like GUI. I don't mind devfs and other
> new stuff, I just don't like GUI :-).
I agree with you. But I want to make this computer accesible
for my family as well... and a GUI login will be better. Something
like a prompt and a text console seems to scare them. Than, if there
it is why not play with it? ;-)
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
