Re: gdm locks me out!!!
Sergio Brandano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello guys, > > I am running Debian potato. Everything was fuine > (sorry, I am using a terminal under WinNT now) > ... everything e > .. everything was fine until I u installed gnome. > At reboot , dg .. gdm takes control of the machine > and the keyboard stops working. I can not login > from gdm, and I can not remote login too. > > B > ... damn! > D > ...I can nor not (this keyboard is killing ke!) me!!! > > ... I can not use the system in any way. How do I boot > in single user mode from lilo? Also m, is there any chang > chance to have gdm woi working properly? > > > A > > Sorry, but this terminal is a real main pain!!! > > > Please , help./ > > ASer > > Sergio > B > Sergio > > .. I can o > Der > I am despa > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null It's actually very simple. I had the same problem. The broblem is that you probably have both gdm and xdm running at the same time (at least that's what I had). I've stoped xdm and that solved the problem. You also should do: update-rc.d -f xdm remove to avoid this in the future. Hope that would help. Regards.
Re: gdm locks me out!!!
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > >... I can not use the system in any way. How do I boot >in single user mode from lilo? When the LILO message appears during boot, hit the Shift key. A prompt will appear. will prompt you with a list of boot images. Type single. >Also m, is there any chang chance to have gdm woi working properly? It worked fine for me under slink. I didn't *like* it and uninstalled it, but it worked. Safest thing for you to do, from single mode, would be to uninstall gdm. Note: mailed directly to sb, and also to the list. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] "This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy." -Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
Re: gdm locks me out!!!
Sergio Brandano ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am running Debian potato. Everything was fuine > (sorry, I am using a terminal under WinNT now) > ... everything e > .. everything was fine until I u installed gnome. It looks like you're having terminal emulation problems. What is wrong? Does the backspace not work? Does it not recognize your $TERM type? I can probably help with either of these if I have enough details. -- Greg Wooledge| Distributed.NET http://www.distributed.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because a CPU is a terrible thing to waste. http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/ | pgpqaPkLyHShp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: gdm locks me out!!!
... The reason why I could not remote login was that only ssh sessions are allowed. I now managed to connect, and unlock the machine. So, what happens is the following: after gdm takes control, the keyboard somehow C freezes and no login is possible. In order to unlock it, I have to remote login (ssh) and kill the second gdm. Then gdm resets, and this time the login is possible. Note that if I kill the first gdm, then it is gdm itself that freezes, together with the whole machine. Then the question here is, why and what should I do in order to avoid this problem. The other question is this. After creating a new user, and logging in with its name, gnome triggers enlightenment, and an initial setting is stored in the directory. At that point, no xterm can be opened, and the session itself can not be closed. The .gnome-errors says that no pty are available in order to open an xterm, and the previous code reports several errors when attempting to create directories and files. The home dir has the followig rights: drwxr-sr-x. Sergio :w ! :w! A A A B B B B B C C C The .gnome-error says that no pty C After relogging in as root, I I do in order to avoid this troug tp B C freeze
Re: gdm locks me out!!!
Sergio Brandano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > ... I can not use the system in any way. How do I boot > in single user mode from lilo? boot: linux single
