On May 2,  5:26pm, <lynn.newton@cox.net> wrote:

> > If it fails, you might also try
> > 
> >     sh -x /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
> > 
> > in order to display the commands being executed as the shell runs.
> 
> Tried that, too. The last thing it does is exec /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon, which is exactly what I thought it would and
> should do from looking at the script. But there is no login.
> Anyhow, I don't know how it could start a graphical
> login program while I'm already logged in, so I didn't
> expect that to help.

I have a machine that starts up in runlevel 3.  From a console login,
I just tried running ``/usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon'' by hand and it brings
up the login screen for me.

Kevin