The easy way to restart gdm is when you are on the login screen itself or the desktop simply press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. This works for Upstart in CentOS 6.x but will not work for CentOS 7.x which uses Systemd. The service command does not work for gdm. However, logging out of the desktop will restart gdm. It works for the graphical login exactly like the gettys in a TTY environment. On 04/08/2015 06:36 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2015-04-04, Bill Maltby (C4B) > <centos4bill at gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 2015-04-04 at 11:12 +0100, Nux! wrote: >>> 100% with Digimer here. <snip> >>> All this energy should be put into contributing towards to the >>> project, testing, helping out community. >> Well, I used to agree. But when a bug report filed in December goes >> untouched entering April, which I don't recall happening prior to RH >> subsuming the project, it takes away impetus to ever file one again >> from lowly end users like me I think. >> >> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=7972 > Thanks for drawing my attention to that bug. I encountered it the other > day after switching from runlevel 5 to 3 (and back again) on a CentOS > 6.6 machine. > > The purpose of the runlevel switch was to restart gdm. Is there a better > way? > -- ********************************************************* David P. Both, RHCE Millennium Technology Consulting LLC Raleigh, NC, USA 919-389-8678 dboth at millennium-technology.com www.millennium-technology.com www.databook.bz - Home of the DataBook for Linux DataBook is a Registered Trademark of David Both ********************************************************* This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do not consent to the retrieving or storing of this communication and any related metadata, as well as printing, copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, or otherwise using it. If you believe you have received this communication in error, please delete it immediately.