On 8/25/07, Georgina Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That doesn't say too much. Could you try running gdm with debugging? > Try adding the following to /etc/gnome/2.18.3/gdm/custom.conf (the > [debug] group may already exist): > > [debug] > Enable=true > Done that. > > Then run gdm (as root) and don't let it fork: > > gdm -nodaemon > > Sorry, I don't know what fork means in this context. So don't know how to > stop it.
It means to detach from the current process. This means that it will stay on the terminal you started it at. You stop it with Ctrl-C. > Whatever I try I cannot get any output having added the debug > arguments. Nothing is printed to STDOUT or file. OK, I guess it still logs to syslog. Look in /var/log/sys.log again. There should be a lot more information that hopefully points out the error. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
