Problems when booting up...

[Larry Shields]

Hello Derek,

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Larry Shields wrote:
>
>   
>> Well what I want it too do it to start up as it all ways did when it was
>> first installed...
>> Showing the bar loading, then it switches to a screen with a light brown
>> in color with a small rectangular box for loging in..
>>     
>
> OK, that's gdm.
>
>   
>> But now what it does is show the loading bar, but it never finishes
>> loading, then it switches me to a back screen with a log in
>> prompt...From that point I log in, then I have too use startx to bring
>> up my desktop...So I suppose it is GDM that I am looking for...
>>     
>
> Right.
>   
Right
>   
>> So what 
>> is the appropriate package that I am missing...??? Plus why would it be
>> missing since it has all ways worked prior to this problem, I can not
>> see what has been changed, or remove and why...
>>     
>
> I would guess it's not missing, it's broken.
>   
>> I looked in my /var/log dir., but did not see a *dm.log file, so what
>> may I ask is *dm, do you mean the dmesg.gz log's...???
>>     
>
> No, I'm a KDE type, so I was just trusting that gdm used the same log naming
> convention.
>
> So first, look in /etc/rc2.d/
>
> # ls -l /etc/rc2.d/S*gdm
>   
I did look into the /etc/rc2.d/ file, there is a S13.gdm executable file...
> If gdm is installed, that should show a link to /etc/init.d/gdm.  Of course,
> if either of those is not there, we know the problem and you can use:
>
> # sudo aptitude reinstall gdm
>
> Assuming gdm _is_ installed, then try:
>
> # sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
>
> Then I trust somebody can tell you where gdm has put the log. :-
>   
I tried /etc/init.d/gdm restart as root, but nothing happened...
Just did a reboot, yet it is still the same...

Thanks Larry

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