HOEFFNER at dcmir.med.umn.edu wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm running into a bit of a problem with RH6.2 and really don't know where to
> start (finish?). Seems yesterday this machine decided that it didn't like to
> run gdm, so when you login, the window just dies and you get the regular
> character login window, which does work. By killing gdm, you get back to the X
> login window, which will die again as soon as you login. I've tried moving
> all the login scripts (csh.cshrc, ~/.cshrc) out of the way, but nothing
> changes. I've hunted around in the X stuff, but didn't find anything there
> either.
> 
> Would someone please give me some hints on where to look for clues about this
> or even an answer?

First of all you want to find out if it is user specific or not. I
usually create a new account and see if I can log in with that. If I
can't, I know it's not a user problem.

Next look in the log files for any hints of errors. The gdm logs on a RH
box are usually in /var/gdm, so see if there are any messages that might
give you some ideas.

Failing that, try to remove and reinstalling the gdm RPM.