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09-02-2005, 05:08 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida
Posts: 4
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Problems starting GDM
Well, it of course has to be right after I fix one problem, another comes rolling along. I updated gdm, and tweaked the configuration file a bit.. Then, after all was updated and configured, I went to go log in to a GDM session, though nothing comes up.. I'll either get a blank screen, or the Debian splash.. And that's it.. My GDM log only shows one problem, but I'm not sure if this would be it... Here's the log:
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-bf2.4 (root@zombie) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 T
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Sep 2 05:43:31 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols found
Any suggestions would be appreciated.. Take it easy.
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09-03-2005, 01:47 AM
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#2
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Devon, UK
Distribution: Debian Etc/kernel 2.6.18-4K7
Posts: 2,380
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If you didn't tamper with XF86Config-4 and have just tweaked gdm then you can restore the gdm by doing apt-get --purge remove gdm then apt-get install gdm.
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09-03-2005, 10:02 AM
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#3
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida
Posts: 4
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Ok, well, I just found something else out.. Whenever I remove dhcp
from my loopback interface in the interfaces, GDM will start fine.
Though, when dhcp is removed from the loopback interface, I am not
able to get connected to DSL.. Is there any way around this?
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09-03-2005, 02:22 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Devon, UK
Distribution: Debian Etc/kernel 2.6.18-4K7
Posts: 2,380
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Please post your /etc/network/interfaces because it isn't clear what you doing. If you want to automatically get a lease you should have an entry like;
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
Problems with getting a lease or finding an ip address can cause the system to stall while it tries and it can be lengthy till it abandons the attempt.
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09-03-2005, 04:01 PM
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#5
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida
Posts: 4
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Ok, well, I do have my eth0 interface configured correctly,
and here is my interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback dhcp
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
And that's it. I know that there are too many options on the lo
interface, though right now, that is how I am getting connected.
But, with the dhcp option, GDM hangs after login, and without it,
I am unable to connect... Take it easy
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09-03-2005, 06:19 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Middle of nowhere
Distribution: Debian Squeeze
Posts: 1,249
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try this first
dpkg --purge gdm
and then do
apt-get install gdm
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09-04-2005, 11:13 AM
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#7
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Devon, UK
Distribution: Debian Etc/kernel 2.6.18-4K7
Posts: 2,380
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Quote:
Originally posted by REHead
Ok, well, I do have my eth0 interface configured correctly,
and here is my interfaces:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback dhcp
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
And that's it. I know that there are too many options on the lo
interface, though right now, that is how I am getting connected.
But, with the dhcp option, GDM hangs after login, and without it,
I am unable to connect... Take it easy
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I don't think that the loopback interface is valid and I cannot see or find any reason to structure it like that. The loop back connects to your local 127.0.0.1 server. This should have no effect on the network cards or their connection to another network. I am not networking expert and perhaps this question should be addressed in the network forum where other more experienced than me can address this.
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09-04-2005, 11:35 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Helsinki
Distribution: Debian Sid
Posts: 1,107
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I would just remove dhcp from local which means:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
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