Rosenstrauch, David wrote: > > >>>Hi, in the past I used to have this problem with gdm (now I >>> >>> >>use kdm) and I >> >> >>>have seen it too in entrance (enlightenment display >>> >>> >>manager), when any of >> >> >>>those was the problem, I just had to login with the >>> >>> >>arch-base cd, archie or >> >> >>>knoppix and remove that daeom from rc.conf. >>> >>>Hope it's nothing hardware related. >>> >>>Oscarello >>> >>> >>> >>Thats another cause, putting *dm in /etc/rc.conf. If you want to use >>one, add it to /etc/inittab. There's an example for xdm commented out >>there by default. >> >>-- >>iphitus - archck maintainer >> >> > > >? > >Why would putting [k]dm as a daemon in the rc.conf be a problem? I've been >doing that ever since I started using Arch (~2 years now), and have never had >a problem with it. I list kdm as the last daemon to start up, and >everything's peaches and cream. Why would you say that's a bad idea? > >Thanks, > >DR > >============================================================================== >Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic >communications disclaimer: > >http://www.csfb.com/legal_terms/disclaimer_external_email.shtml > >============================================================================== > > >_______________________________________________ >arch mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > I had similar problem a while ago - I could not log through gdm to my GNOME desktop... I booted the system in single user mode - removed some daemons like mysqld that I had recently added to rc.conf and after that everything worked fine. Anyway I never understood what exactly cause the problem - maybe James Rayner is right...
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