<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:46 PM, David Curtis <<a href="mailto:dcurtis@uniserve.com">dcurtis@uniserve.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 15:44 +0200, Donny George wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Raseel Bhagat > <<a href="mailto:raseelbhagat@gmail.com">raseelbhagat@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi, > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 6:27 AM, Donny George > <<a href="mailto:donny008@gmail.com">donny008@gmail.com</a>> 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 > > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > 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? -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> i did CTRL-ALT-F7 but only returns a blank screen donny