Re: GDM problem

[Piers Kittel <edinfo-list biased org>]

Hello

Thanks very much for your help. Tried changing the AlwaysRestartServer 
key but it did nothing (BTW, XDM, KDM, etc works fine, its just GDM that 
causes the problem, but GDM's better than the others ;)

Anyway downloaded version 2.4.1.6 and tried to compile it, but I get:

gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes 
-Wmissing-declarations -o test-ve-config test-ve-config.o 
-Wl,--export-dynamic -pthread  -L/usr/X11R6/lib /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so 
-L/usr/lib /usr/lib/libjpeg.so -lSM -lICE /usr/lib/libbonoboui-2.so 
/usr/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so /usr/lib/libesd.so 
/usr/lib/libaudiofile.so /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so 
/usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so /usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so 
/usr/lib/libORBitCosNaming-2.so /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so 
/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so /usr/lib/libgnutls.so /usr/lib/libtasn1.so 
/usr/lib/libgcrypt.so -lnsl -lrt /usr/lib/libbonobo-activation.so 
/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so /usr/lib/libpopt.so /usr/lib/liblinc.so 
/usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so 
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libxml2.so -lpthread -lz 
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so 
/usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so -lm /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so 
/usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so 
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so -ldl 
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so -L/usr/src/gdm-2.4.1.6/vicious-extensions -lvicious
/usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so: undefined reference to `FT_Seek_Stream'
/usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so: undefined reference to `FT_Get_Short'
/usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so: undefined reference to `FT_Forget_Frame'
/usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so: undefined reference to `FT_Access_Frame'
/usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so: undefined reference to `FT_Get_Long'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [test-ve-config] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gdm-2.4.1.6/vicious-extensions'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gdm-2.4.1.6/vicious-extensions'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gdm-2.4.1.6'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

Strange thing is that I was using Debian's apt-get testing version of 
GDM, and didn't update it.  Also my home PC had the same problem 
occuring, at around the same time, even tho I didn't update it either or 
change any settings.  The version I have installed on both PC's are 
2.4.1.3-2

Thanks very much for your help again

Cheers - Piers

George wrote:
> 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