[gdm-list] gdm problem on linux laptop

[Aime' Fournier <fournier ucar edu>]

Hi,

I hope someone can help me with a gdm problem on my laptop running 
fedora core 4 and gdm 2.6.0.8.

The symptom is that when I boot up, the login screen is the wrong size 
(or in some other way distorted) so that I can't see the login (or 
anything), although I am able to log in.  After login still nothing is 
visible.  I am also able to log in in parallel in "dumb term" (text 
only) mode (ctrl+alt+f1 etc.) as myself or root and thereby I can detect 
that the gdm login is working (by detecting the windows it opens) but 
don't know how to make it visible.

I tried gdm-stop and gdm-restart as root, but they don't help.

A possible cause of this is that just before this happened I had 
accidentally filled up the /home sector with a big copy operation, and 
around the same time I accidentally xkilled the gdm tray (toolbar or 
whatever).  I deleted a bunch of files under /home/ before shutting down 
but I had thought rebooting would fix the tray issue.

Do I perhaps need to re-install gdm or something?  I would appreciate any help.

Thanks,

Aime'