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hsn

Member

Registered: 2009-02-07

Posts: 17

gdm problem

I just installed gdm as in wiki. when i reboot my system gdm startted but after 4 or 5 sec
a massage said : "There already appears to be an x server running on disply :0. " and ,,, with
yes and no buttons, sellecting no dosn't help and sellecting yes starts another x server on tty8!
now i have tow xservers on. what can i do to stup this?

Preacher

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From: UK

Registered: 2006-09-26

Posts: 46

Re: gdm problem

Disable GDM from starting automatically on bootup and check if your X will start on its own

How did you configure GDM to start, using /etc/inittab or /etc/rc.conf?

Hope that helps

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hsn

Member

Registered: 2009-02-07

Posts: 17

Re: gdm problem

Thanks. I have gdm in both rc.conf and inittab!