[solved]/var/run/gdm.pid does not exist

kevmille · 2008-06-04 03:09:36

I installed the latest Arch beta and got everything. I just have one issue that needs to be resolved.

When Arch shutdowns down, I get this error message twice:

/var/run/gdm.pid does not exist.  gdm may not be running

gdm is running, I have it set to run as a daemon in /etc/rc.conf and id:5:initdefault: is uncommented in /etc/inittab so it should be running at boot up. GDM pops up about 20 seconds after booting so visually I know it is running.

gdm.pid does exist, here is the contents of the file below:

Any ideas here?

Last edited by kevmille (2008-06-04 06:48:07)

tigrmesh · 2008-06-04 03:21:53

You are not alone: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8125.

One additional comment: either run gdm as a daemon or use inittab. Both is unnecessary.

Also, welcome to Arch!

kevmille · 2008-06-04 03:31:22

Ok, I will comment the inittab then.

Thanks.

kevmille · 2008-06-04 06:52:23

Okay, finally fixed the problem and removed the error.

I did as above and commented out id:5:initdefault: in /etc/inittab but I still saw one warning error though the first one did disappear. So I decided to remove gdm as a daemon from /etc/rc.conf and uncommented id:5:initdefault:

As I was scrolling down /etc/inittab I noticed that both x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon AND x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon were uncommented. I then commented for xdm and rebooted.

All the errors are gone, Arch is booting up smoothly.

This is a great distro and I plan to do a full write up on my blog sometime this week after getting LAMP running.

I should have came to Arch many years ago

ruscook · 2008-07-13 08:13:39

Thanks for this info. I've been wondering for months how to get rid of this error!

Regards Russell

Arch Linux

#1 2008-06-04 03:09:36

[solved]/var/run/gdm.pid does not exist

#2 2008-06-04 03:21:53

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#4 2008-06-04 06:52:23

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#5 2008-07-13 08:13:39

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