prefdm respawning too fast, stopped error message in NGE Linux
I have installed ngelinux, and when i boot NGELinux, sometimes i receive below error message and not able to boot in init 5 mode.
Apr 21 10:08:09 localhost init: prefdm main process (2819) terminated with status 1
Apr 21 10:08:09 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning
Apr 21 10:08:10 localhost init: prefdm main process (2855) terminated with status 1
Apr 21 10:08:10 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning
Apr 21 10:08:10 localhost init: prefdm main process (2891) terminated with status 1
Apr 21 10:08:10 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning
Apr 21 10:08:11 localhost init: prefdm main process (2927) terminated with status 1
Apr 21 10:08:11 localhost init: prefdm main process ended, respawning
If you check the log files inside /var/log/gdm, you will find the issue is due to gnome power manager application:
To resolve the issue, boot the system through ngelinux cd, and then do chroot to your root filelocation:
#chroot /mnt/nglinux /bin/bash
Now install the application “gnome-power-manager” and turn off the greeter using below command as root.
# yum install gnome-power-manager # gconftool-2 –direct –config-source= xml:readwrite:$HOME/.gconf –type bool –set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_enable false
This would resolve the issues with your system and it should boot successfully.