Re: [gdm-list] gdm won't run after upgrade...

[Ray Strode <halfline gmail com>]

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Morgan Read <mstuff read org nz> wrote:
> Hi Ray
>
> Some progress, of sorts:
>
> On 30/10/10 03:25, Ray Strode wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Morgan Read <mstuff read org nz> wrote:
>>>> Try "pkill -f gdm" and see if that kicks it.
>>>>
>>>> It could also be a problem with the dbus security policy in /etc/dbus-1/system.d
>>>
>>> [root mythtv ~]# gdm
>>>
>>> ** (gdm-binary:1640): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.DisplayManager
>>>
>>> ** (gdm-binary:1640): WARNING **: Could not acquire name; bailing out
>>> [root mythtv ~]#
>>>
>>> Hmmm, didn't work
>> Does "ps -ef |grep gdm" return anything?  That should tell if you it's
>> running already.
> [root mythtv ~]# ps -ef |grep gdm
> root      1545     1  0 20:25 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary
> -nodaemon
> root      1622  1605  0 20:27 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto gdm
> [root mythtv ~]#
>
> Hmm, to my novice eye - that looks like it is...
yup
>
> Tried "kill 1545"
>
> Then "gdm", this is what I got:
> [root mythtv system.d]# gdm
>
> ** (gdm-binary:1687): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.DisplayManager
>
> ** (gdm-binary:1687): WARNING **: Could not acquire name; bailing out
So this is because it's already running.

So now you have to figure out why the running copy is working.  try
adding Enable=true to the [debug] section of /etc/gdm/custom.conf

--Ray