On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 13:03, Mark Edwards wrote: > >> I've fixed my XFree86 install, and I have 4.2.1 running. All of the > >> ports mentioned above are installed. I am able to run xf86cfg > >> graphically and configure, and I can run X using startx, which loads > >> fine. > >> > >> However, when I do: > >> > >> sudo /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start > >> > >> I get: > >> > >> Feb 13 01:28:56 lilbuddy gdm[15381]: Failed to start the display > >> server > >> several times in a short time period; disabling display :0 > > > > I would need to see the X log to know if it's a gdm problem. However, > > I've never tried starting gdm under sudo. > > Well, the same behavior occurs if I just restart the machine and let > the script be triggered normally, so I doubt that sudo has anything to > do with it. Also, I successfully started gdm many times this way under > gnome 2.0. > > I have posted /var/log/:0.log and var/log/XFree86.0.log here: > > http://mark.antsclimbtree.com/Xlog.txt
Nothing useful here. You might try doing a forced rebuild of gdm2. Joe > > Thanks. > > -- > Mark Edwards > San Francisco, CA -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc
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