GDM gone missing
Michael Wardle
michael at endbracket.net
Wed Aug 10 03:58:36 UTC 2005
Try running these commands to understand the problem:
user at ubuntu:~$ which gdm
user at ubuntu:~$ sudo which gdm
user at ubuntu:~$ dpkg -L gdm | grep "gdm$"
(assuming your shell's prompt is "user at ubuntu:~$ ")
You should notice that gdm is installed in /usr/sbin/, which is only in
root's command search PATH, and not in a normal user's PATH. This means
you'll have to type the full path "/usr/sbin/gdm" if you're not root.
The best way to start it is:
user at ubuntu:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d gdm restart
or the same thing in a non-Debian-specific way:
user at ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
You can also verify that gdm is properly installed by running:
user at ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l gdm
you should see a line something like:
ii gdm 2.8.0.1-0ubuntu4 GNOME Display Manager
if the first two letters aren't "i", you have a problem. See the
dpkg(1) and dpkg-query(1) manual entries for more information.
You can also get more information with:
user at ubuntu:~$ dpkg -s gdm
Hope this helps
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