Bug#477279: after last upgrade, gdm fails to start

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Ivan Vucica wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> wrote:
>> Le mardi 22 avril 2008 à 10:05 +0200, Ivan Vucica a écrit :
>>  > Package: gdm
>>  > Version: 2.20.5-1
>>  > Severity: important
>>  >
>>  > After latest upgrade to the system, GDM failed to start. I attempted a
>>  > purge as well, even moving away the configuration in /etc/gdm manually.
>>  > startx works. The slim login manager also works.
>>
>>  Is there any error message appearing on the console when you try to
>>  start it?
> 
> There are no errors. In fact, not even the "dot" appears, and there is
> no newline.
> Approximately:
> 
> $ /etc/init.d/gdm start
> Starting GDM Display Manager: gdm$ _
> 
> 
>>  Are there some errors in /var/log/gdm/:0.log ?
> 
> None that I could notice. It mentions some warnings, one regarding
> keyboard, and some more, then the log abruptly ends. Would you like a
> copy of the log? I'll paste it when I'm next on my PC.
> 
> If I remember correctly, I tried to launch /usr/sbin/gdm directly
> under root, and it worked. Possibly some problem with init.d script?

There's bug 474358 about an issue in the init script causing gdm not to start.
Does the change proposed there solves your problem?

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