Ubuntu 8.10 server doesn't boot into GDM / X yet startsmanually fine. Services GUI shows all unchecked.

[Daevid Vincent]

So, I looked at that "System->Administration->Services" and everything is unchecked! But clearly that is misleading because I absolutely know things like "postfix", "dovecot", "mysql", "apache", "crond" etc are all running just fine.

I also tried to view the "services" gui using both my user account and logged in as root -- as expected both showed unchecked as well.

I then compared this server to my notebook and that does in fact show things properly checked.

How did this get out of whack/sync and how can I get them to jive again??!

Although, I'd be very surprised if this is actually the problem, as I mentioned, the services are in fact running, this seems more cosmetic. Still annoying though.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com 
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of 
> David Curtis
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:20 AM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu 8.10 server doesn't boot into GDM / X yet 
> startsmanually fine
> 
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:47:28 -0700
> Daevid Vincent <daevid at daevid.com> wrote:
> 
> > I posted this the other day but feel it might have been 
> lost as sunday
> > evenings are not the best time to post it seems...
> > 
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:15:47 -0700
> > 
> > I installed 8.10 server, then added Gnome and all that 
> goodness on top.
> >  
> > When I boot however (and I swear this WAS working a week or 
> so ago and I
> > just did some updates today as per the update icon arrow), 
> XDM doesn't
> > auto start.
> >  
> > I have /etc/init.d/gdm starting in 3,4,5
> > x11-common in 2,3,4,5
> > and xserver-wacom (i don't have a wacom anything) in 2,3,4,5
> >  
> > If I login and "startx" it works fine but bawks about user 
> switching or
> > something. 
> > if I manually just "/etc/init.d/gdm start" it fires up and 
> works like a
> > champ.
> >  
> > So I'm confused as to where the disconnect is and why it 
> isn't' starting
> > with the other services?
> > 
> Well, if no one has responded, let this amateur take a guess.
> 
> The above behavior sounds correct. Xorg is run as user, while 
> GDM needs root. (I'm guessing that you really use 'sudo 
> /etc/init.d/gdm start'.)
> 
> I don't know what to edit in the init scripts. But if you're 
> getting to the desktop there should be an 
> Applications->System->Services with a check box for GDM/XDM.
> 
> If that's not going to do it for you, you can always go to 
> the nearest desktop install and diff the relative scripts/dir.
> 
> HTH
> 
> -- 
> David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com>
> 
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