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VirtualRider

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Registered: 2008-08-20

Posts: 134

[SOLVED] GDM crash on start

Hi,

its me again but this has nothing to do with my Xorg problems - different machine. I upgraded (with testing active, here) and i'm not able to login with gdm. It shows just "greeting application crash". From initlevel 1 startx worked. What's wrong this time? Do i have to reinstall?

Thanks
VR

Last edited by VirtualRider (2008-12-16 22:06:47)

VirtualRider

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Registered: 2008-08-20

Posts: 134

Re: [SOLVED] GDM crash on start

Update: It seems that the problem has solved itself. This is as great as scary - arch rocks . The only thing that isn't working now is that i can't restart X anymore. Its ending up in a black screen. If anyone has an idea to that problem i would be glad.

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: [SOLVED] GDM crash on start

I've seen reported quirks with login managers besides gdm occaisionally and sometimes it seems to help if you edit your /etc/inittab instead of adding gdm to the DAEMONS line in /etc/rc.conf like the wiki says.
At the beginning change:

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:

and at the end change:

# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null

# End of file

It might just be something to do with the new xorg as well.

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VirtualRider

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Registered: 2008-08-20

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Re: [SOLVED] GDM crash on start

I guess it is the new xorg. I never ran gdm as a deamon, its set like your posted code since day one.

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: [SOLVED] GDM crash on start

Have you seen this post? http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=58856

It might help or maybe you have the same problem as the last guy.  Sorry.

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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz

VirtualRider

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Re: [SOLVED] GDM crash on start

Oh i'm sorry - i havn't. Because this thread was initially about another problem i'll tag it as solved. Maybe the restart-x-problem will be solved one day in the other thread.