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Since the update to GNOME 2.20, I was getting the gdm.pid error discussed here...
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38575
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38618
That was annoying but harmless. But now, since a full system upgrade, I am completely unable to start GDM. I am getting a "GDM user 'gdm' not found" error. I tried "gpasswd -a tony gdm" to add myself to the gdm group but it did not help. Is anyone else having these problems? I am on arch64...
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Yeah, I discovered the exact problem this morning when i turned on my computer.
I had to roll back to the gdm 2.20.0 pkg.
I also am on arch64.
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i have the same problem...
see http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 91#p291091
and i'm on arch64 to.
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Yeah, I discovered the exact problem this morning when i turned on my computer.
I had to roll back to the gdm 2.20.0 pkg.
I also am on arch64.
hmm..this seems like a serious problem. how can I roll back to the gdm 2.20.0 package? can I do that with pacman?
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Sure!
First:
pacman -Rd gdm
followed by
pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gdm-2.20.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
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I am not currently on my arch system. but I am wondering...I had just reformatted so I think I only have the newest GDM; the old GDM won't be in my cache. Is there a way to get the old GDM from the arch repos??
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It's working...
thanks
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I am not currently on my arch system. but I am wondering...I had just reformatted so I think I only have the newest GDM; the old GDM won't be in my cache. Is there a way to get the old GDM from the arch repos??
Alright, I tossed a temporary copy onto rapidshare.
Just click "free" when it asks.
http://rapidshare.com/files/63724666/gd … ar.gz.html
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thank you very much! its great to have such helpful people here!
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Same problem here, Arch64 too.
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Thanks again for the quick solution guys. I found the same thing when I just turned my computer on now. Should a bug be filed for this?? It can be an unsettling problem when you get a blue screen on linux telling you gdm doesn't work.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz
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I've hosted the package on my server for the time when paul2lv's URL expires. This should work to fix the problem...
pacman -Rd gdm
pacman -U http://wikicode.frihost.net/gdm-2.20.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
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Hmm, seems the new defaults.conf is not copied over the default config shipped by gdm. A 2.20.1-2 package with this fix is on its way now.
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thank you JGC!
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with the newest GDM, it seems the fatal error was fixed but I am getting the gdm.pid error again. anyone else having this problem? I am on arch64.
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same here. also on arch 64.
vlad
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