On May 2, 2:50pm, Kevin Buettner wrote:
> 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.
I didn't finish my thought...
Try running strace on gdm to see why it's failing or hanging.
Kevin
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