Subject: Re: Problem with GDM on startup
From: Rich Dolinsky (r.e.dolinsky@verizon.net)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 18:49:11 MST
I can't log in at all.. I ge tto the crash on startup and am stuck. The
error happens opver and over again until I force reboot...something I hate
having to do.. Is there any way to bypass the startup and login using a
text interface without having it try to start gdm on startup. (ie boot
process)
on 1/28/02 8:36 PM, nathan r. hruby at nhruby@arches.uga.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Rich Dolinsky wrote:
>
>> I just installed Yellow Dog and upon startup everything goes fine until gdm
>> tries to startup. It gives me an error that gdm was already running but it
>> was mysteriously murdered. This error happens over and over again. Is
>> there any way to bypass this without having to try and reinstall. If I do
>> reinstall I am going to try and use a text login mode rather than a gui
>> based one, so it would be greatly appreciated if someone knew the answer.
>> This is because this computer is being used by my roommates as well and I do
>> not want to have to have them type their names in.. They are not the most
>> computer literate people and might get confused.
>>
>
> Two things
> - One this error pops up from time to time. It's ok as long as everything
> is working. I belive it's been fixed in newer gdm versions, so you may
> want to find a more recent .src/rpm and --rebuild it. (Seems like my
> mantra of late). This can also be caused by X having an issue and
> crashing and then init restarting it. Can you use GNOME / KDE / X11 at
> all?
>
> - Two, you don't need to re-install just to change the text/graphical
> login screen. As root you can simply edir /etc/inittab and change the
> default runlevel. The runlevels should be explained int he inittab file,
> but the ones you're concerned with ar 3 (multi-user / text only) and 5
> (multi-user / graphical X11 login). The line you need to change should be
> at the top of the file and should look like:
> id:5:initdefault:
> Changing the "5" in that line to a "3" will make the machine boot into
> text mode login. You can then issue a "startx" command once logged in to
> start GNOME or KDE.
>
> -n
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