Re: GDM problem

[George <jirka 5z com>]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 03:46:55PM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> Am having a problem with GDM.  I installed it before and it worked just 
> fine.  Then suddenly (well it probably was something I did) one day, GDM 
> wouldnt work.  The computer would boot up, and start X just fine, see 
> the grey/white background but it would then "switch" screens and see 
> black for a couple seconds and a message would come up:
> 
> "There already appears to be an X server running on display :0.  Should 
> I try another display number?  If you answer no, I will attempt to start 
> the server on :0 again (You can change consoles by pressing Crtl-Alt 
> plus a function key, such as Crtl-Alt-F7 to go to console 7.  X Servers 
> usually run on consoles 7 and higher)"
> 
> When I press no, the same thing happens again.  If I press yes, the same 
> thing happens again, but the error message will now show :1 instead of 
> :0.  Pressing Crtl-Alt-F7 would show the grey background and the cross 
> mouse pointer.
> 
> What am I doing wrong here?
> 
> Thanks very much for your help in advance

Try changing the AlwaysRestartServer key in the configuration file.  Failing
that I would suggest upgrading GDM.  Some bugs which could cause such
behaviour have been quite recently fixed.  Either try the newest stable
release (the 2.4.1.x series) or the newest development relese (the 2.4.2.x
series), both should compile and work with anything GNOME2.0 and up.

George

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