[AuckLUG] GDM problems ,but wait ,theres more :-)

[Ravi Chemudugunta]

it can be annoying when this happens (even though I did something to
screw it up) ... it happened to be once when I was doing something
with gdm and/or x configuration files and it just wouldn't start up
after that;

also your distribution will be configured (most likely) to
automatically respawn gdm as soon as it dies, this makes starting x or
even doing anything in the console really difficult as it seems to
keeps switching screens;

i have found turning off gdm helpful in these situations:
for e.g. /etc/init.d/gdm stop ( or something like that, I believe
fedora keeps these scripts inside /etc/rc.d/init.d/ )

-ravi

On 9/19/07, Martin Bähr <mbaehr at email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:15:51AM +1200, Ronald Johns wrote:
> > I think I have a handle on it but before I start fiddling I would like to
> > try and save important files and so forth.
>
> if gdm fails to start, you should still be able to log into the console
> (unless your linux distribution has turned those off)
> (try alt-fkeys or ctrl-alt-fkeys to see if you get a login prompt somewhere)
>
> in the console you should be able to run startx, which gives you
> graphics, but bypasses gdm. you should then be able to make a backup
> with the tools that you are used to.
>
> greetings, martin.
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