[aclug-L] Re: GDM User

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Marcus Merchant wrote:

> great, the only problem I run into is when I boot I get the error:
> 
> "gdm_config_parse: Can't find the gdm user (gdm). Aborting!"
> "INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast:disabled for 5 minutes"
> 
> So basically I can see what the error is, but I do not know
> where to look to fix the problem. I have to manually start the
> X interface.

What's the output of:
grep ^gdm /etc/passwd
?

To get X started on bootup automatically, change the initial
runlevel to 5  (vi /etc/inittab, change the initdefault from 3 to
5).

-jeff
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