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   Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:26:34 -0800   
   From: Whoever    
   Subject: Re: A basic gnome problem   
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   On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, SINNER wrote:   
      
   > * jellybean stonerfish wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Agreed, but I didnt think gdm was broken ;) I just want to drop to a   
   > console and cant.   
   >   
   >> No change?  any output at all?   
   >> What does "runlevel" output?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I performed the command (telinit 2) in a virtual terminal under Gnome   
   > (gnome-terminal)   
      
   Why did you do this? The instruction you were given was to run "telinit 1"    
   to get to runlevel 1 (single user mode). Then, from single user mode, run    
   "telinit 2". It makes no sense to try to go into runlevel 2 when you are    
   already in that runlevel (as evidenced by your statement that you ran    
   "telinit 2" in a gnome-terminal).   
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