Re: Xorg starts only manually
Thanks, Mark, for your reply.
/etc/init.d/gdm exists, and when I run `update-rc.d gdm defaults` it
says "System startup links for /etc/init.d/gdm already exist."
But now that you mentioned the keyword "gdm", I saw that `aptitude
search gsm` says "c" as status for the gdm package. I tried
`dpgk-reconfigure gdm` which said more clearly "gdm is broken or not
fully installed". I then tried `aptitude purge gdm` and `aptitude
install gdm`. During install there are some warnings:
(...)
The home dir /var/lib/gdm you specified already exists.
Adding system user `gdm´ (UID 107) ...
Adding new user `gdm´ (UID 107) with group `gdm´ ...
The home directory `/var/lib/gdm´ already exists, Not copying from
`/etc/skel´.
adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/gdm´ does not belong to
the user you are currently creating.
(...)
But that was the solution! Thanks again!
Luc
On 22.05.2009 10:39, Mark Shroyer wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:00:25AM +0300, Luc Saffre wrote:
>> after upgrading my laptop to Lenny, the Gnome desktop no longer starts
>> automatically when I boot up. It starts correctly if i then log in at
>> the console and run `startx`. I tried `dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg`
>> without change. I didn't see anything anormal in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
>> Any suggestions about the possible reason and what I can try next?
>
> Is the file /etc/init.d/gdm present on your system? If so, try running
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
>
> when you log in to bring up the login screen. If this works, then run
>
> sudo update-rc.d gdm defaults
>
> to make sure that the runlevel symbolic links are installed. On the
> other hand, if the GDM init script is missing for some reason, try
> installing the package "gdm".
>
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