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nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 package

  1. Bug #516520
  2. Comment #70

Comment 70 for bug 516520

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NoOp (glgxg) wrote : Re: pam_unix(gdm:auth): conversation failed

@Sebastien: not sure exactly what you are asking. If you mean 'no autologin' and at the gdm menu, Ctrl-Alt-F1-6, login at the console & then '$ startx', no it does not work.

$ startx

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
  If this server is already running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
  and start again.
etc., etc.

However:

$ sudo stop gdm
gdm stop/waiting
$ startx

does work. So you need to kill off gdm before using startx.