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  From: David Newall <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  To  : Joanna Stoic <nstoic@clove.net.au>
  Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:19:05 +1030 (CST)

Re: gdm - no go!

> "According to /var/run/gdm.pid gdm was already running (468)
> but seems to have been murdered mysteriously!"

The number in brackets would be the process ID of the process that was
"murdered mysteriously."  The system obviously respawns it, and you'll find
that in /etc/inittab.

Typically these problems aren't a murder mystery, rather they are a tragic
suicide.  Learn how to use gdm*; do whatever is needed to save standard
output and standard error; see what gdm says just before it snuffs itself;
fix the problem; and pat yourself on the back.

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