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xorg-server package

  1. Bug #259156
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 259156

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b (ben-ekran) wrote : Re: [Bug 259156] Re: gdm fails to start after hardy upgrade

I've installed the recent updates.

No change in GDM failure.

I've now configured XDM for gnome, and gnome seems to be working fine.

What is the best way to reset GDM configuration settings? I tried sudo
dpkg-reconfigure gdm, but gdm will still not start X. (XDM works fine).

.b.

b wrote:
> So on a hunch I tried installing ol XDM.
>
> xdm does appear to work, it starts X fine, provides a login window, and
> allows a login.
>
> I seem only to be able to log into xfce and not gnome.
>
> So something is different about what GDM attempts to do and what XDM
> does.
>
> Thanks,
> B. Bogart
>