On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Sahasranaman MS <sah...@naman.ms> wrote: > Hello. > > I have a fedora webserver running here. I had to restart it to change the > UPS, and when I restarted, the GUI stopped working. It was asking for login > details in text mode. I logged in as root and typed 'gdm'. Then the > graphical login screen showed up. i logged in there too, but after that, > nothing happened. I could see the wall paper only, it wouldn't show the > windows or panels or anything. > > It was up for a long time, I had not installed anything new. Right now I'm > using a couple of virtual terminals in text mode to run the servers, but it > would be nice to have the gui back. > > Has something like this happened to anyone before?
Is there anything suggestive in /var/log/messages or /var/log/Xorg.0.log? If not, try moving the ~/.kde or ~/.kde4 or ~/.gnome2 directory depending on what you use. Does that help anyhow? -- A dwarf is passing out somewhere in Detroit! _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
