[K12OSN] X locking up a server.

[Doug Simpson]

Finding the gdm.conf file is not the problem. I found it, but can't find 
that line *in* the gdm.conf file.

Thanks for the reply. . .

Doug Simpson
Technology Specialist
DeQueen Public Schools
DeQueen, AR 71832
simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Tux for President!

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Eric Harrison wrote:

> Doug Simpson wrote:
>> I recently asked about a server that was hard-locking on X.
>>
>> Several things to try were presented.
>>
>> For a time being, I would like the get X to just not start on the server
>> but still allow graphical logins from thin clients and vnc session
>> clients.
>>
>> Eric said to change a line in the /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file that was
>> supposed to make X not start on the server, but I cannot find that line
>> in the gdm.conf file on this server.
>>
>> 0=/usr/bin/X11/X,#0=/usr/bin/X11/X
>
>
> Try running:
>
> 	find /etc -name gdm.conf
>
> -Eric
>
>> Is there some other way to do this?
>> We have a Chinese girl that enrolled last week and she knows no english
>> and I want to get this fixed so we can let her use a terminal session in
>> Chinese to help her accustom to her classes.
>>
>> Sooner I can get this working, the better. . .
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Doug Simpson
>> Technology Specialist
>> DeQueen Public Schools
>> DeQueen, AR 71832
>> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
>> Tux for President!
>>
>> On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Eric Harrison wrote:
>>
>>> Doug Simpson wrote:
>>>> I have a wierd problem.
>>>>
>>>> I have a FC3 K12LTSP server that when booting, if you have it set to
>>>> boot to runlevel 5 (graphical login) it gets to the point where it
>>>> starts X and locks up the server. Hard lock.  You can't get different
>>>> consoles and you can't shell in or anything.
>>>>
>>>> If it is set to boot to runlevel 3, it will boot and run fine.  Login
>>>> and startx and X will run, but when you try to logout, it hard-locks the
>>>> server that way, too.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any ideas about how to fix this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've had a dying video card do this to me. If you have a spare card
>>> laying around, try swapping it out.
>>>
>>> Worse-case, you tell the server to not startup X in run level 5. Edit
>>> /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf  and comment out this line:
>>>
>>>
>>>     # 0=/usr/bin/X11/X,#0=/usr/bin/X11/X
>>>
>>>
>>> if you use XDM or KDM, edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and comment out
>>>
>>>     #:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
>>>
>>>
>>> -Eric
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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