GDM keeps restarting but it's already running

[SI23]

Hi,

I need HELP! All 4 processors on my PC are running at >40% even though there are no processes listed as using much cpu. I think it's something to do with GDM since in the /var/log/messages file I just get continuously :

'GDM already running. Aborting!'

It seems as through GDM is continuously trying to restart event though it's already open. I've tried killing all gdm and 'gdm-stop' which takes me back to the login in screen but when I login the same thing is still happening.

I'm running fc6 and I'm pretty new to linux so please answer in simple terms.

Thanks.

[SI23]

Ok.. found the quick solution is to run the following script as root sometime after boot.

#!/bin/bash
fdm_PID=`ps -C prefdm -o pid=`
kill -9 $fdm_PID

It kills GDM properly. I would still like to solve this problem long term - i.e. stop it trying to restart in the first place, any ideas?

SI