Unable to get into X

[Joe Zeff]

On 12/11/2011 05:31 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> On Saturday 10 December 2011 19:52:43 Joe Zeff wrote:
>
>> I'll be busy Sunday, but will get another keyboard Monday.  Once I've
>> done that, I'll try such things as posting the GDM log (Where was it
>> again?) and other stuff.
>
> /var/log/gdm.log or /var/log/gdm/gdm.log , don't remember exactly.
>

I'm about to go get a new keyboard, but before leaving, I took a look at 
the logs on my laptop.  /var/log/gdm.log doesn't exist, and the contents 
of /var/log/gdm are as follows:

-rw-r--r-- 1 gdm  gdm  40614 Dec 12 11:12 :0-greeter.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 gdm  gdm  35710 Dec 12 00:13 :0-greeter.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 gdm  gdm  35693 Dec 12 00:11 :0-greeter.log.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 gdm  gdm  35709 Dec 11 07:42 :0-greeter.log.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 gdm  gdm  37573 Dec 10 16:31 :0-greeter.log.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20018 Dec 12 11:12 :0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19554 Dec 12 00:58 :0.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19430 Dec 12 00:12 :0.log.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19554 Dec 11 09:49 :0.log.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20982 Dec 10 23:48 :0.log.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   508 Dec 12 11:12 :0-slave.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   508 Dec 12 00:13 :0-slave.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   753 Dec 12 00:12 :0-slave.log.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   508 Dec 11 07:42 :0-slave.log.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   508 Dec 10 16:31 :0-slave.log.4
.

>> BTW, how do I turn the ssh daemon back on in
>> F16 because it can come in handy.
>
> service sshd start
> chkconfig sshd on
>
> Or you can use the systemctl equivalent of the above, ie. the New Way for
> doing the same thing. ;-)
>

If you have a pointer to some documentation on systemctl and how to use 
it, I'd appreciate it, and others on the list might too.  Fedora has, 
for better or worse, changed to the new, sytemd/systemctl method of 
booting, and there's no point in refusing to learn how to use it.  One 
of these days, after I've beaten both of my computers back into 
submission, I plan on using some of my Copious Free Time to learn enough 
about the new system to understand what's better about it, but for right 
now, knowing how to tweak it will suffice.