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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: tty1-6, gdm3, xdm, gnome, Gigabyte mb - many problems, little help
From:       "Thomas H. George" <lists () tomgeorge ! info>
Date:       2013-08-31 18:21:37
Message-ID: 20130831182137.GA22062 () tomgeorge ! info
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Still trying to solve this problem I ran two straces.

strace -f -e trace=open,read /etc/init.d/xdm restart

This trace ends "xdm is not the default manager" after reading
/usr/sbin/xdm from the file /etc/X11/default-display-manager.  There is
no file xdm in /usr/sbin/ although xdm is installed.

strace -f -e trace=open,read /etc/init.d/gdm3 restart

This trace ends "Not starting GNOME: it is not the default display
manager after reading "BOOT-IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.2.0-4 ..." from the
file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gconv/gconv-modules.cache.

There is a file gdm3 in /usr/sbin and if the file
/etc/X11/default-display-manager is edited to read /usr/sbin/gdm3 and
the command /etc/init.d/gdm3 restart is run a gnome desktop is opened at
F7 and the virtual terminals at F1 through F6 are lost.  If Ctl-Alt-F1
is pressed the screen goes black for several seconds and then blue with
the floating message NO SIGNAL!.  Ctl-Alt-F7 will reopen  the gnome
desktop wrapped around a vertical division at the center of the screen.

Summary: The system will boot as xdm with 6 virtual terminal, no x
window
OR
The system will boot as gdm3 with a gnome desktop, no virtual terminals.

Somewhere a wire is crossed.


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