Can't start gdm
 

I tried installing kdm and modifying /etc/sysconfig/desktop to use it,
but X is still trying to use gdm. I'm not sure, but it might be because
I was told to specify KDE, not KDM. However, I'm now getting a log file
from gdm that contains this:


gnome-session[1537]: ERROR: Unable to open '/etc/dconf/db/gdm',
specified in dconf profile


Checking, there isn't any such file, and the dconf profile reads as follows:

user
gdm

I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm going to try uninstalling and
reinstalling gdm, as I'm not sure at this point that simply having yum
reinstall it is sufficient. (See, I do learn from other people's
experience.)

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Can't start gdm
 

On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@zeff.us> wrote:
> I tried installing kdm and modifying /etc/sysconfig/desktop to use it, but X
> is still trying to use gdm. *I'm not sure, but it might be because I was
> told to specify KDE, not KDM. *However, I'm now getting a log file from gdm
> that contains this:

"KDE" is correct. My system has:

% cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop
DESKTOP="KDE"
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"

A quick look at /etc/X11/prefdm verifies that's correct too.

-T.C.
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Can't start gdm
 

On 12/24/2011 06:22 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:

"KDE" is correct. My system has:

% cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop
DESKTOP="KDE"
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"

A quick look at /etc/X11/prefdm verifies that's correct too.


Thanx. A quick check with yum revealed that I don't actually have kdm
installed, although I though I'd installed it. Still, if I've actually
fixed what was wrong with gdm, it won't matter.

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Can't start gdm
 

On 12/25/2011 10:31 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 12/24/2011 06:22 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
>> "KDE" is correct. My system has:
>>
>> % cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop
>> DESKTOP="KDE"
>> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
>>
>> A quick look at /etc/X11/prefdm verifies that's correct too.
>
> Thanx. A quick check with yum revealed that I don't actually have kdm
> installed, although I though I'd installed it. Still, if I've
> actually fixed what was wrong with gdm, it won't matter.


FWIW, I find it easier to simply run "system-switch-displaymanager kdm"
from the command line.


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