please help
it looks like i lost my gui. i get the following error at boot up:
The gdm group does not exist. Please correct gdm configuration /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and restart gdm. I have looked at the file but have no idea how to fix it. I have also tried to add the gdm group and i get the following error name gdm is not unique somebody please help me on how to fix this. thank you very much |
Check your log files to see if thier is any trace of what happened. Also post your gdm.conf file.
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log file didnt show anything.
[daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=false AutomaticLogin= AlwaysRestartServer=false Configurator=/usr/sbin/gdmsetup --disable-sound --disable-crash-dialog GnomeDefaultSession=/usr/share/gnome/default.session Chooser=/usr/bin/gdmchooser DefaultPath=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin DisplayInitDir=/etc/X11/gdm/Init Greeter=/usr/bin/gdmgreeter RemoteGreeter=/usr/bin/gdmlogin Group=gdm HaltCommand=/usr/bin/poweroff KillInitClients=true LogDir=/var/log/gdm PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/PostSession/ PreSessionScriptDir=/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/ FailsafeXServer= XKeepsCrashing=/etc/X11/gdm/XKeepsCrashing RebootCommand=/sbin/shutdown -r now RootPath=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin ServAuthDir=/var/gdm SessionDir=/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/ SuspendCommand= User=gdm UserAuthDir= UserAuthFBDir=/tmp UserAuthFile=.Xauthority TimedLoginEnable=false TimedLogin= TimedLoginDelay=30 StandardXServer=/usr/X11R6/bin/X FlexibleXServers=5 Xnest=/usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest -name Xnest -kb AllowRoot=true # If you want to be paranoid, turn this one off AllowRemoteRoot=true AllowRemoteAutoLogin=false RelaxPermissions=0 RetryDelay=1 UserMaxFile=65536 SessionMaxFile=524388 Enable=false HonorIndirect=true MaxPending=4 MaxPendingIndirect=4 MaxSessions=16 MaxWait=15 MaxWaitIndirect=15 DisplaysPerHost=1 Port=177 Willing=/etc/X11/gdm/Xwilling [gui] GtkRC=/usr/share/themes/Bluecurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc MaxIconWidth=128 MaxIconHeight=128 [greeter] TitleBar=false ConfigAvailable=false Browser=false DefaultFace=/usr/share/pixmaps/nobody.png DefaultLocale=en_US Exclude=nfsnobody MinimalUID=500 GlobalFaceDir=/usr/share/faces/ Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm.xpm LocaleFile=/etc/X11/gdm/locale.alias Logo= ## nice RH logo for the above line: /usr/share/pixmaps/redhat/shadowman-200.png Quiver=true SystemMenu=true # Note to distributors, if you wish to have a different Welcome string # and wish to have this translated you can have entries such as # Welcome[cs]=Vitejte na %n # Just make sure the string is in utf-8 Welcome=Welcome to %n LockPosition=true SetPosition=false PositionX=0 PositionY=0 XineramaScreen=0 #Type can be 0=None, 1=Image, 2=Color BackgroundType=0 BackgroundImage= BackgroundScaleToFit=true BackgroundColor=#27408b BackgroundRemoteOnlyColor=true BackgroundProgram=/usr/bin/xsri --redhat-login --run # if this is true then the background program is run always, otherwise # it is only run when the BackgroundType is 0 (None) RunBackgroundProgramAlways=false ShowGnomeChooserSession=false ShowGnomeFailsafeSession=false ShowXtermFailsafeSession=false Use24Clock=false UseCirclesInEntry=false # These two keys are for the new greeter. Circles is the standard # shipped theme GraphicalTheme=Bluecurve GraphicalThemeDir=/usr/share/gdm/themes/ [chooser] DefaultHostImg=/usr/share/pixmaps/nohost.png HostImageDir=/usr/share/hosts/ ScanTime=3 Hosts= Broadcast=true [debug] # This will enable debugging into the syslog, usually not neccessary # and it creates a LOT of spew of random stuff to the syslog Enable=false [servers] 0=Standard #1=Standard #Note: If you want to make sure X runs on a specific virtual console on linux, # you can use the following (for console 7). However this can cause # problems for some users. Be careful about this, getting this wrong # can lead to an unusable console. Best solution is to make sure gdm # starts as the last thing, and that will make it not neccessary to # do hacks like this. #0=Standard vt7 # #Note: If you want to run an X terminal you could add an X server such as this #0=Terminal -query serverhostname # or for a chooser (optionally serverhostname could be localhost) #0=Terminal -indirect serverhostname [server-Standard] name=Standard server command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X flexible=true # To use this server type you should add -query host or -indirect host # to the command line [server-Terminal] name=Terminal server # Add -terminate to make things behave more nicely command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -terminate # Make this not appear in the flexible servers (we need extra params # anyway, and terminate would be bad for xdmcp) flexible=false # Not local, we do not handle the logins for this X server handled=false |
This is related to your problem with adding groups.
You've messed up your group file : /etc/group and gnome can't get the right permissions to start up. I'm confused on the group thing at the minute (and deleted my post to your other thread) on exactly how many groups you can have by default. Acording to various sources (and my own inspection) the max number of groups on a default install is 32. However, looking at a default install on a spare machine I have here, I currently have 41 groups with no problem... Which, as I say, confuses me, and makes me unworthy to answer your 'group' problem. Slick. |
i figured i screwed something up with the groups. now the question is how do i fix it.
do i go in and delete the groups i made and this will work? the groups were made by default when i added a new user. what solution do i have to fix the problem? |
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