No gdm

[darkreaction]

Ok I am dumb. So I disabled graphical login manager (gdm) so now I don't have a graphical interface. I am using a live cd right now so I guess is there any way to re-enable gdm? thanks

[MaindotC]

You can start gdm, or Gnome Desktop Manager, by typing:


sudo gdm


In the /etc folder there are folders that correlate to something called run-levels: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel#Ubuntu)


311@a34lkj2348dsf311-laptop:~$ cd /etc/rc
rc0.d/ rc1.d/ rc2.d/ rc3.d/ rc4.d/ rc5.d/ rc6.d/ rcS.d/


This displays each folder for each run level. If you go into each folder, there should files that start with a capital S. The capital S means "start" in lamen's terms. The operating system loads whatever processes are in this folder depedning on the run level at which you are logging in. The wiki says Debian-based systems use run level 2 - 5 for graphical login. When you change the captial S to something else, like a lowercase s or one convention is to name it with a K (for kill), the process is not started.

In one of those folders, there should be a process that ends in "gdm" but doesn't start with a capital S. Change that to a capital S and restart your x-server by pressing ctrl + alt + backspace.

[MaindotC]

What's the status on this post? Have you made any progress?

[atomkarinca]

You can try


sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

if you have gdm installed. If you removed it just install it


sudo apt-get install gdm

and start it


sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start