command gdm

[Karl Larsen]

Donny George wrote:
> hello
>
> i try to enter the command gdm from the text mode to go to the gnome
> desktop(as i cant long in to the desktop in the normal way) but it just
> returns a warning and says gdm is already running. aborting!
>
> why is this so
>
> can someone tell me
>
> donny
>
>   
    Here is what I get on Harty:

karl at karl-hardy:~$ gdm
gdm[7009]: WARNING: GDM file gdm-daemon-config.c: line 2033 (): Cannot 
run seteuid to 0: Operation not permitted
GDM file gdm-daemon-config.c: line 2033 (): Cannot run seteuid to 0: 
Operation not permitted
karl at karl-hardy:~$ sudo gdm
[sudo] password for karl:
gdm[7010]: WARNING: GDM already running. Aborting!
GDM already running. Aborting!
karl at karl-hardy:~$

Doing it as root it says gdm is already running. I guess it is...

Karl


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