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

[Ray Strode <halfline gmail com>]

Hi,

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:36 AM, Morgan Read <mstuff read org nz> wrote:
>> 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
> Hmm, played this game before - one reason I was upgrading was that debug
> didn't seem to work for gdm...  But, this seem quite productive now:
>
> [root mythtv log]# less messages | grep gdm
> Nov  3 22:34:11 mythtv gdm-binary[1526]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display
> lasted 0.441967 seconds
[...]
> GdmLocalDisplayFactory: maximum number of X display failures reached:
> check X server log for errors
[...]
> Can you offer any insight?

As Brian mentioned, I'd check your X server log.

--Ray