Re: login -graphical user interface

[ktb <ktb@nixnotes.org>]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 10:35:01PM +0200, vester wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Steve Kowalik wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:53:24PM +0200, vester uttered:
> > > [...]
> > > update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/gdm: file does not exist
> > > dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure):
> > >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > it works fine if i first touch /etc/init.d/gdm only that doesn't do the
> > > job obviously because it doesn't recreate /etc/init.d/gdm --how can i get
> > > that file back???
> > > 
> > Ahha! The fun of removing init scripts.
> > touch /etc/init.d/gdm
> > chmod 755 /etc/init.d/gdm
> > apt-get remove gdm
> 
> but still, that doesn't bring the original gdm script back, does it? or am
> i missing something?

After removing gdm which is what the last command above does, you
reinstall it -
# apt-get install gdm
The scripts should then be installed.

You might actually want to purge gdm before reinstalling like -
# apt-get --purge remove gdm
then
# apt-get install gdm
kent

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