gdm fails to start

[Andrzej Maciejewski]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Jim Cornette wrote:

> Andrzej Maciejewski wrote:
> 
> >>Does X start from a user logged in using runlevel 3 and using startx to 
> >>launch X, or do you get the same error?
> >>
> >>Jim
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Jim, 
> > after booting gdm does not starts but I can login from text console. Then
> > I make startx and everything works. 
> > Probably I have made an error while upgrading the kernel. To make this 
> > I have to install newer version of udev. 
> > -Andrzej 
> > 
> > 
> >>-- 
> 
> It have a similar problem with an RHEL clone updated to to FC5 test2 
> that does not start the X server in runlevel 5 but works fine in 
> runlevel 3 using startx.
> I did not investigate the problem much on this very unsupported system. 
> I assume that something in runlevel 5 is amiss. Maybe a service is not 
> loaded that is needed by gdm and runlevel 5 execution.
> 
> It is great that at least runlevel 3 and startx work for you. Did you 
> disable any services that you though might not be used?
> 
> Jim
I keep all services which I had before updating the kernel. 
I do not know if rpcgssd and bluethooth is necessary.
-Andrzej
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