command gdm

[David Curtis]

On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 15:44 +0200, Donny George wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> 

How bout a CTRL-ALT-F7?