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тАО07-30-2010 04:38 AM
тАО07-30-2010 04:38 AM
how to restart my gdm....
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тАО07-30-2010 04:50 AM
тАО07-30-2010 04:50 AM
Re: how to restart my gdm....
"Can't find the PID file in the configuration file, going to try:
/var/run/gdm.pid
/var/run/gdm.pid dosen't exist, perhaps GDM isn't running "
lisk this i got now what i have to do...
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тАО07-30-2010 06:04 AM - last edited on тАО10-06-2023 05:08 AM by Sunitha_Mod
тАО07-30-2010 06:04 AM - last edited on тАО10-06-2023 05:08 AM by Sunitha_Mod
Re: how to restart my gdm....
Apparently the gdm-safe-restart is for restarting an already-running gdm. In your situation, gdm is unable to run.
In your other thread:http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1441426
... you said you had accidentally deleted the root user.
The error message "the GDM user 'gdm' does not exist.Please correct GDM configuration..." indicates you had deleted the "gdm" user too. If you have a backup that includes /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, please restore those files.
What *exactly* did you do when the problem appeared? Exact commands would be good to know, to estimate the extent of damage they caused to your system.
What is the name and version of your Linux distribution? (RedHat Enterprise Linux, RedHat Linux, SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu, other?)
The procedure to restart gdm (after you've restored the missing user ID) depends on the Linux distribution. You might want to try these commands:
telinit q
or
sh /etc/init.d/gdm start
MK
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