On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:11:13 +0000, Black Shuck wrote:

> My gentoo box has a problem with GDM, but I don'know where to start to
> look for the problem.
>
> I automaticallty load gdm at boot, and this used to work a treat until
> recently. I'm unsure what changed things. the XWindows logon no longer
> appears, merely a console logon. gdm is running as a process, and I can
> use startx once logged in through the console to get Xwindows. the gdm
> log file looks perfectly normal with no errors.
>
> I have tried re ermerging gdm, and it made no difference.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?

I'm not sure if I understood what you meant. If you don't have the
graphical logon and only console then the GDM is not running AFAIK. Check

/etc/init.d/xdm status
and if it is : * status: stopped
rc-update add xdm default
then check your /etc/rc.conf if
# What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm | entrance ]
DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"