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   From: jellybean stonerfish    
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   Subject: Re: A basic gnome problem   
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   Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:06:06 -0800   
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   On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:09:36 +0000, SINNER wrote:   
      
   >> Have you tried "sudo telinit 1" in your xterm.  This will prolly drop you   
   >> into single user mode as root on a plain terminal.   
   >    
   >> Then I think telinit 2 to go back to the default runlevel (gdm on and such)   
   >    
   > Just tried, no change. A bit drastic anyway.   
      
   It is not that drastic to change to single user mode when doing system   
   upgrades or trying to fix gdm.    
   No change?  any output at all?    
   What does "runlevel" output?     
      
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