[UCLA-LUG] gdm xdm question

[Patrick Oscar Boykin]

Thanks for the suggestions, but /var/run/utmp is there, and terminals are
open.

It seems that when I am in init level 5, it does not seem to notice when
people log on.  If I telnet/ssh in, it sees them, but the users that log
on using xdm (gdm actually) are not noticed.

Maybe it is a gdm bug?  I don't know.

Thanks!

On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Drew wrote:

> Hmm, try opening up an xterm or terminal on the machine..... it's just
> hard to send a talk request to a person w/ no terminal open. See if that
> works for you. If that's not it... and the users have terminals open,
> try making sure the /var/run/utmp file exists.... and if it doesn't
> exist.. try running:
> touch /var/run/utmp
> hmm, not sure what else it might be....
> 
> Drew
> 
> Patrick Oscar Boykin wrote:
> > 
> > Doe anyone out there know about xdm or gdm?
> > 
> > I am running gdm now on a machine, but the problem is, it seems to always
> > think no one is logged on.
> > 
> > For instance, the command "who" returns nothing.  finger says no one is
> > logged on.  And talking someone (who is actually logged on) doe not work
> > because the computer says they are not there.
> > 
> > Anyone have any ideas on this one?
> > 
> > I started xdm by logging on as root and typing "init 5"
> > 
> > ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
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