Bug 250657

Summary:	gdmsetup will not launch in Gnome.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Greg Douglas <gregory.douglas>
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Greg Douglas 2007-08-02 18:49:27 UTC

Description of problem:

After upgrading from FC6, when trying to launch gdmsetup from Gnome, I get a
popup error message "GDM (The Gnome Display Manager) is not running".  I am
running Gnome, and not KDM.  I am also in Run Level 5. Gnome is my default dm.

When launched from the Gnome Terminal, I get:

[greg@atomic ~]$ gdmsetup
  Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
  Trying failed command again.  Try 2 of 5.
  Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
  Trying failed command again.  Try 3 of 5.
  Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
  Trying failed command again.  Try 4 of 5.
  Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
  Trying failed command again.  Try 5 of 5.
  Command failed 5 times, aborting.
Could not access configuration key <daemon/PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid>
Using compiled in value </var/run/gdm.pid> for <daemon/PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid>



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gdm-2.18.0-14.fc7


How reproducible: Every Time I launch it.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. From the Gnome Menu, System > Adminstration > Login Screen
2. or from the Gnome Terminal: $ gdmsetup
3.
  
Actual results:
Please see above


Expected results:
The GDM Setup panel should appear

Additional info:

Comment 1 Greg Douglas 2007-08-03 18:05:09 UTC

Just updated gdm to gdm-2.18.4-1.fc7, but the problem still persists.

Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 13:50:41 UTC

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Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2008-06-17 02:04:51 UTC

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