dealing with gdm failure

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 01/11/2010 09:35:13 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> You'll have better luck getting an answer if you:
> 
> 1) Don't hijack threads. Your post has nothing to do with the thread
> it
> appears in.
> 
> 2) Don't use HTML on this list.

In my own defense I was posting using my ISP's mail package:

1) I did my best not to hijack a thread. As far as I could tell I was 
starting a new one.  Sorry 'bout that.

2) Again, no choice.

I've managed to get around the problem by using startx instead of gdm.