PiotrAF wrote:
> 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"
>
>
>

xdm is running, and gdm is set in th rc.conf correctly.

When xdm starts, I get the nvidia logo (from the nvidia glx driver), and
briefly see the xserver, and then dumped back to the console

/ect/init.d/xdm restart does this each time

Startx works perfectly however...