command gdm

[Donny George]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Raseel Bhagat <raseelbhagat at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 6:27 AM, Donny George <donny008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hello
>>
>> i try to enter the command gdm from the text mode to go to the gnome
>> desktop(as i cant long in to the desktop in the normal way) but it just
>> returns a warning and says gdm is already running. aborting!
>>
>> why is this so
>>
>> can someone tell me
>>
>
> Try the following commands :
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
>
> ot
>
> $ startx
>
>
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> hi  bhagat

i tired the command sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

but it just says

stopping gnome display manager
starting gnome display manager

and returns to the prompt again

any clue

donny
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