Login Problem
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Mon Apr 26 16:40:50 UTC 2004
brad.mugleston at comcast.net wrote:
> Posted this question a few days ago - no replies - anyone with
> any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brad
>
>
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 brad.mugleston at comcast.net wrote:
>
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I was messing with my screen resolution and now the login screen
>>(graphical) is waco - the characters are about 1/4 screen high.
>>I can login blind OK and my desktop is fine but how do I fix the
>>login?
>>
>>I'm using Red Hat 9.
It's not uncommon for gdm to have an issue like that. A restart of
gdm usually fixes it. That can be accomplished by:
1. Running "kill `pidof gdm`" from a standard console
(CTRL-ALT-F12,ALT-F1, login an issue command)
2. "telinit 3", then "telinit 5"
3. Rebooting
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