severity 529394 normal tag 529394 confirmed upstream retitle 529394 gdm: quotes in config file confuse the parser found 529394 2.20.10-1 kthxbye
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 15:46:34 +0930, john wrote: > This is on a media center with dual display adapters, one connected to a TV > and one to a monitor. > > The machines was installed as etch but upgraded to Lenny, and rarely rebooted. > Restarted recently to increaee RAM (possibly, for the first time since the > upgrade) and gdm failed to start X on either display. > > Contents of /var/log/gdn/:0.log: > GDM: Xserver not found: <90>:<F3><98>^R^? -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth > -nolisten tcp vt7 > Error: Command could not be executed! > Please install the X server or correct GDM configuration and restart > GDM.gdm[4499]: WARNING: gdm_server_spawn: Xserver not found: > <90>:<F3><98>^R^? -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 > > Pasted from "less", so (e.g.) <90> is "really" 0x90. Different garbage string > each time. I managed to reproduce this. > > My /etc/gdm/gdm.conf: [...] > [server-TV] > name=TV server > command=/usr/bin/X -dpi 96 -audit 0 -layout "PEG-TV" -novtswitch > flexible=true > The quotes in the command are confusing it. Removing them should make things work. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
