Re: [gentoo-user] xdm is 'stopping' [SOLVED]

[Peter Kelly]

On Saturday 27 May 2006 06:56, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 20:14 -0500, Peter Kelly wrote:
> > Holas,
> >

> >
> > Everything *seems* to work fine, but then there's that silly 'stopping'
> > comment that doesn't google very well.  Anyone seen this, or have an
> > idea?
>
> dunno, maybe the init script got confused.  Maybe a module couldn't get
> unloaded and there's a "please reboot" kernel message sitting somewhere
> on one of your terminals (it happens :)
>
> If init.d/xdm got confused, just `ps aux | grep gdm` to make sure it's
> not there, `killall Xorg` if you like, and then: `/etc/init.d/xdm zap`
> to bring it back in line.  Then try starting it again.
>
That did it.  I never knew about the 'zap' command.
Anyhow, everything is 'started' again.

Thanks.

Peter

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