From: Ken B. <ke...@nu...> - 2002-06-29 19:38:14
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Jim, This brings up a question I have about a gap in MY knowledge: On Saturday 29 June 2002 06:59 am, jam@McQuil.Com wrote: > If you are getting the gray screen, then it is likely 1 of 2 things. > > 1) the display manager (XDM,KDM,GDM) isn't running on the server, or > isn't configured for remote workstations to connect. > > Try: netstat -anp | grep ":177 " > > If you don't get any output, then your display manager isn't > running, or isn't configured. Would you please explain what to do in this case? In your excellent documentation (which I carry everywhere with me as if it were a Bible!) you mention this, and then proceed to explain what to do if the display manager IS running! But what do we do if it is NOT running? I changed video cards in my server a few days ago and now my display manager doesn't start any more when I reboot. I've tried reading the man pages to xdm and gdm but so far they aren't making any sense to me. I'm running RH 7.3. Thanks, Ken -- "We need to teach concepts, not products" -- Eric Harrison, Oregon educator, on whether it is wise for children to learn Linux in a world dominated by Microsoft products |