Re: gdm

[Matt Brubeck <mbrubeck@hmc.edu>]

On Sun, 6 May 2001, Daniel Bondurant wrote:

> I am having a problem with gdm.  it keeps trying to re launch every 5
> minutes, even if I am logged into Gnome - which kills X, brings up the
> login screen again, but doesn't log out the current session.
>
> also, the when computer is idle and no one is logged it, it keeps
> killing X and restarting gdm.

This sounds like another case of the built-in screensaver making the
server crash.

This thread from last month has more information:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc-0104/msg00252.html

By the way, are you using the offb driver (novideo, or video=ofonly)?