gnome issues

[lindsey]

issue #1

somehow in the process of trying to get wireless connection, gdm on start-up now fails. i'm stuck in commandline and i have to manually specify startx everytime.

how to i restore debian back to default starting up in gdm?

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issue #2

i've lost my shutdown button, it just disappeared!

how do i restore it?

[daark.child]

Try entering the commands below as root,

update-rc.d -f gdm defaults

I think the shutdown button only appears if you have logged in using a login manager, so it should return once you fix the gdm issue.

[lindsey]

Try entering the commands below as root,

update-rc.d -f gdm defaults

I think the shutdown button only appears if you have logged in using a login manager, so it should return once you fix the gdm issue.

Doesn't seem to work... It gives:

root@debian-peter:/home/peter# update-rc.d -f gdm defaults
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
update-rc.d: error: unable to read /etc/init.d/gdm

What does this mean?

[daark.child]

I'm not sure why update-rc.d would not be able to read /etc/init.d/gdm. Try reinstalling gdm using apt and then run the commands I posted above and see if that makes any difference.

[lindsey]

I'm not sure why update-rc.d would not be able to read /etc/init.d/gdm. Try reinstalling gdm using apt and then run the commands I posted above and see if that makes any difference.

I don't think so, i uninstalled and reinstalled GDM3 via Synaptic with the same result:

root@debian-peter:/home/peter# update-rc.d -f gdm defaults
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
update-rc.d: error: unable to read /etc/init.d/gdm

[daark.child]

Is /etc/init.d/gdm present on the system? If not try uninstalling gdm with the purge option and reinstalling it e.g.

apt-get --purge remove gdm
apt-get install gdm
update-rc.d -f gdm defaults

[lindsey]

Is /etc/init.d/gdm present on the system? If not try uninstalling gdm with the purge option and reinstalling it e.g.

apt-get --purge remove gdm
apt-get install gdm
update-rc.d -f gdm defaults

/etc/init.d/gdm3 is present. Is that what you mean?

[lindsey]

Is /etc/init.d/gdm present on the system? If not try uninstalling gdm with the purge option and reinstalling it e.g.

apt-get --purge remove gdm
apt-get install gdm
update-rc.d -f gdm defaults

i repeated your original instructions with gdm3. whilst the error has gone away, i don't think the resulting changes did anything.

root@debian-peter:/home/peter# update-rc.d -f gdm3 defaults
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing

there is some error encountered during the boot stage, something to do with "invalid table". do u know a way i can copy a record of the boot's logs/activities so i can paste it here to show you?

[lindsey]

i repeated your original instructions with gdm3. whilst the error has gone away, i don't think the resulting changes did anything.

root@debian-peter:/home/peter# update-rc.d -f gdm3 defaults
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing

there is some error encountered during the boot stage, something to do with "invalid table". do u know a way i can copy a record of the boot's logs/activities so i can paste it here to show you?

I checked /var/log/boot - and it doesn't contain the error i saw at startup. the error may not even be relevant, but its timing occurs around the time when gdm normally is entered into. if you feel i should pursue this further, please suggest how to go about next.

Let me rearticulate the problem to refocus our efforts:
The bottom line: gdm3 is listed as the choice of display manager. i have not personally changed any settings and before it was automatically loading the gdm login manager fine at start up. now it starts up in command line. what could be wrong?

this first happened when i disconnected all my peripherals and reconnected with another monitor in another room. suddenly its booting behaviour changed and it no longer boots into gdm3. help!

[glaston]

Is it giving you display mode options?

It might be defaulting to a safe display mode due to the monitor change.
Linux can be finicky. Even Debian.
As a long shot you could try plugging the old monitor back in.

Or install KDE using apt. If you don't like it just install gnome and use GDM instead of KDM as the default.