Hey there happy Linux Users, I am having a problem that is really pissing me off...I have installed RH Linux 7.0 5 times now with no luck. The first time I installed RH Linux 7.0 it worked fine with no boot errors, alas I had to change my partitions & when Linux goes through it's boot sequence now I get a
"Oops! Gpm (967) error your xxxx has been murdered unexspectantly" Then my Monitor flashes about 3-4 times & the same message appears on the screen...repeatly...I am about to throw this Linux crap in the bin & go back to Windows ME, but I know the mood I am in now is not helping my judgement :) Could you please help me with this problem, I cannot even break into the command prompt to even try & edit any conf files to try & fix whatever is causing it because my Monitor keeps on flickering... Please help a Linux newbie, Thank you for you time. |
If your booting with LILO, try typing in at LILO prompt:
LILO: Linux 1 This will boot Linux into single user mode straight to bash shell prompt. Then from there you should be able to edit any files or check any log files. |
Linux boot problems
Thankyou for your responce,
I usedthe Linux 1 boot command wiht success & used the setup program in RH Linux to re-configure my xf86config file, alas I still get this error while it tries to boot into the xwindow: /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm is already running but seemed to be murdered mysteriously. Above is the exact error code I recieve each time I try to load up RH Linux 7.0....If you could please provide a solution I would be most grateful.. Frustrated Linux user.. :) |
This problem is different from the one you told about the first time GPM. Gpm is a mouse utility for console mode, not in X.
The program GDM though is a program to handle the graphical login screens. I got that message yesterday when I was messing with X and got confused. In my case show to be a missconfiguration in the XF86Config file, I had changed my pointers section so there was an entry that X didn't recognize. Do you come to the graphical login or are you presented with the console login? In case of console login, try to login as root and then run # X or # startx What happens and are there any error messages? |
Thankyou for your reply to my message,
I wish I could get that far, alas when it trys to go into the graphical interface @ boot, my screen flashes constantly & I do not have long enough between screen flashes to go into the root & re-config my xf86conf file...All was not lost when I booted using the Linux 1 command with my Linux boot disk. I accesses the main text prompt & typed in "setup" to re-configure my mouse pointers, monitor e.t.c. When I re-booted in normal runlevel: 5 mode (going striaght into graphical xwindows mode) the same error accoured.. It seemed even when I tried to re-configure my mouse e.t.c. it had no effect, thinking I already have gdm process ID already running it keeps on murdering the start process.. :-D Ooo please help me out. Regards, Insane Linux user.. |
Try changing boot mode to 3, console. (id:3:initdefault in /etc/inittab). Reboot.
Then from here try startx. Does it start or give error messages? |
Dont boot into Runlevel if you are having trouble
Boot your system into single user mode as you did before.
Edit /etc/inittab so that your default mode is 3. Reboot. Run Xconfigurator and choose some very conservative settings for X, like 640x480 and 8 bit color. If that tests okay, then you should be able to type 'startx'. You will then either get a successful Xwindows session or errors logged to the screen that you can send us. If it does start successfully, then you can run Xconfigurator a few more times, increasing the resolution and colors till you reach your limit. But don't go back to Runlevel 5 as the default until you get it like you want it. |
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