Thread: Can't get gdm nor X to work, please help
hi there, running ubuntu 10.04.3, linux kernel 2.6.32-33-generic when start desktop computer seems fine until gdm should appear. instead, screen flashes few times , blacks out. can log in through command line in tty2 6, not tty1 , tty7. code: dmesg | grep error returns several errors one: code: gdm-simple-slav[1644]: segfault @ 2d140283 ip 00484a4f sp bfaf99ac error 4 in libc-2.11.1.so i tried stop xserver with: code: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop and reinstalled nvidia's graphics drivers website, tried starting again with code: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start and got this: code: gdm-binary[2775]: warning: unable load file '/etc/gdm/custom.conf': no such file or directory gdm-binary[2775]: warning: unable dinf users: no seat-id found gdm-binary[2775]: warning: gdmdisplay: display lasted 0.02488 seconds there 4 gdmdisplay error lines , told me check x server log errors), did: code: cat /var/log/xorg.0.log | grep e...