GDM is the Gnome Display Manager, responsible for launching an X session, as well as displaying the login screen for the user.
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Gnome 3 gdm fails to start after preupgrade from fedora 14 to 15
I'm not able to boot fedora 15 in runlevel 5. After all services start, when the login screen should appear, gdm just show a mouse waiting cursor and keeps restarting itself.
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Xvnc4 started from xinetd only displays empty gray X screen
I'm attempting to setup an Ubuntu 10.10 box so that anyone can connect to port 5900 and be greeted by the gdm login manager. To do so, I added a vnc entry in /etc/services and I am starting Xvnc4 ...
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Rogue X session bombing my CPU
Every time I boot I get the following process that is taking %99.3 of my CPU
/usr/bin/X :0 -nr -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-EowSOU/database -nolisten tcp vt7
when I kill the pid I lose ...
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XMonad with GDM on Maverick (Ubuntu 10.10)
I'm using xmonad on Ubuntu Maverick (10.10)
First of all I created a new Desktop Entry to make the xmonad session to be accessible from the GDM login screen, but after a reboot GDM doesn't start, and ...
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Connect to virtual KVM machine/VNC from Xorg
I have a main Ubuntu system and a virtual Windows system, set up using QEMU/KVM. So, I can start Windows using virt-manager and connect to it using a VNC client.
But what I really want to have is a ...
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Debian squeeze keyboard and touchpad not working / detected on laptop
They work before gdm3 starts. a connected mouse also stops working, but functions after removal and re-plug. no xorg.conf.
log doesn't show any loading of drivers for kbd/touchpad
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ubuntu12.04 hangs at checking battery state
My 12.04 system hangs at "Checking battery state". At this stage, no commands work eg: ctrl+alt+f1, alt+f5. I ran recovery mode, I ran the command
sudo mount -o remount, rw
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm
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Choose between multiple keyboard layouts for different users in GDM3
I am trying to set up a computer with multiple users each with different preferred keyboard layouts. The biggest sticking point right now is allowing each to log in comfortably.
GDM used to offer a ...
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login after ubuntu 11.10 upgrade - failed to load session ubuntu
After Ubuntu 11.10 upgrade I'm unable to login via gdm or lightdm.
Every time I receive error: "failed to load session ubuntu"
Any help appreciated.
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How to run GDM in display :0 and GDM in display :1
I am hacking (customising) my startup scripts. I have been googling for hours, but keep coming up with how to change default display manager, and this is NOT what I want to do...
I have been trying ...
