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double_crane
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 Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:47 pm Post subject: [Solved] xdm crashed (start-stop-daemon: fopen `/run/gdm/gdm |
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lately,I meet a question about xdm and gdm
I use openrc init , DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm" in /etc/conf.d/xdm
rc-update add xdm default
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$:~ /etc/init.d/xdm status
xdm crashed
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dc@K650C ~ $ /etc/init.d/xdm status
* status: crashed
dc@K650C ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/xdm stop
Password:
* Stopping gdm ...
* start-stop-daemon: fopen `/run/gdm/gdm.pid': No such file or directory [ ok ]
dc@K650C ~ $ /etc/init.d/xdm status
* status: stoped
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last week it was supposed like this,which is normal
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dc@K650C ~ $ /etc/init.d/xdm status
* status: started
dc@K650C ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/xdm stop
Password:
* Stopping gdm ... [ OK ]
dc@K650C ~ $ /etc/init.d/xdm status
* status: stoped
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now gdm can launch normally, all are fine ,with xdm status crashed
and with xdm crashed , I can't do /etc/init.d/xdm start/stop/restart ,that is the only difference . I can't stop or restart the gdm via xdm
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dc@K650C ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/xdm stop
Password:
* Stopping gdm ...
* start-stop-daemon: fopen `/run/gdm/gdm.pid': No such file or directory [ ok ]
dc@K650C ~ $ /etc/init.d/xdm status
* status: stopped
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the xdm stoped , but the gnome-session is launched , and all as normal .
xdm is not able to control gdm at all after it launchs gdm the first time .
whatever stop/restart xdm , nothing happened to gdm session.
please help me to make xdm stop/restart correct able to control gdm or the DISPLAYER ,thank you.
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double_crane
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| Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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please help
now the system is all right
just with the "xdm crashed status"
and I can't stop gdm once xdm launchs gdm ,except I ps and kill -9 gdm's pid
now /etc/init.d/xdm can't control gdm. but it could last week
and there was no " /run/gdm/gdm.pid no such file " info last week |
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McGee23
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Joined: 04 Nov 2013
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| Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
I had the same issue, the quick and dirty fix is to create a symlink from /run/gdm to /run (where you can find the file gdm.pid):
| Code: | | sudo ln -s /run /run/gdm |
Best, Georg |
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double_crane
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| McGee23 wrote: | Hi,
I had the same issue, the quick and dirty fix is to create a symlink from /run/gdm to /run (where you can find the file gdm.pid):
| Code: | | sudo ln -s /run /run/gdm |
Best, Georg |
thank you
It works
I was troubled by it for weeks . I had thought it was because I update some software's version ,maybe xdm or sth others , to make them not compatible .
recently I use startx instead of gdm , it works with no "crashed"
thank you again.
and I notice that the ln command had to be done every time cos /run directory is cleared every boot. |
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danky
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| Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:38 am Post subject: |
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A more permanent solution that persists after reboot:
In /etc/init.d/xdm I added the following line:
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ln -snf /run /run/gdm
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directly after the start function is called.
Here is a code snip of the start of the start function:
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start() {
ln -snf /run /run/gdm
local EXE NAME PIDFILE AUTOCLEAN_CGROUP
setup_dm
......
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After a system reboot my xdm is no longer flagged as "crashed", I was able to confirm this worked on both my laptop and desktop installations. |
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