From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 20 20: 6:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-28-046.nc.rr.com [66.57.28.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A1C37B41C for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 20:06:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from shumai.marcuscom.com (marcus@shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBL45lJ46606; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 23:05:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: RE: Gnome Woes From: Joe Clarke To: Jaideep Bhatia Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <001201c189d0$e0bfbeb0$1151a8c0@EC1TMM107317> References: <001201c189d0$e0bfbeb0$1151a8c0@EC1TMM107317> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0 (Preview Release) Date: 20 Dec 2001 23:06:31 -0500 Message-Id: <1008907591.89306.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 22:37, Jaideep Bhatia wrote: > I have been able to run gnome with xdm. Gdm as the login manager dosen;t > start at all. I have added a user and the group gdm. And the user gdm > dosen't belong to group wheel or any other group. But gdm never starts > saying "gdm should not be started as root"? > Any ideas what I might be missing? gdm's port comes with some instructions for installing it, and getting it to run. Firs,t I would compile the latest gdm from ports (gdm-2.2.5.2_1). Then, create a user gdm that looks like: gdm:*:91:91::0:0:GDM Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin Keep the UID and GID 91 as it will make upgrading easier. Then, create a gdm group: gdm:*:91: Then: chown -R gdm:gdm /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/gdm Then, as root, type gdm from the prompt. It should start. For automatic start, you can use /etc/ttys, or create a rc script in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d like: #!/bin/sh PREFIX=/usr/X11R6 case "$1" in start) ${PREFIX}/bin/gdm ;; stop) /usr/bin/killall gdm 2>/dev/null ;; *) echo "$0 start | stop" ;; esac Joe > Regards, > Jaideep > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Joe Clarke > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 12:44 AM > To: Totally Jayyness > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Gnome Woes > > > > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Totally Jayyness wrote: > > > Ok, am able to get Gnome started now (thanks for the help on that one) > > > > But when I do startx, then twm loads... then I load Gnome which does > start > > after warning me that I am not using a Window Manager for Gnome. And > after > > Gnome does start, my desktop is HUGE... my mouse won't go beyond the > screen > > size but the windows that are open go WAY below my screen... > > How did you install Gnome? Gnome built from ports: > > # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome > # make all install clean > > Installs sawfish as the default Gnome window manager. You can always go > into the Gnome Control Center, and change the window manager there. > > > > > I did a man gnome and saw that gdm is the preferred window manager of > gnome > > so I am installing that now (or trying)... after it is installed, will > I > > just be able to do a startx and it will load or do I have to change > > something somewhere to make gdm my default XServer? > > gdm is the display manager (the login screen), not the window manager. > Sawfish is the preferred (or at least default) Gnome window manager. > Other Gnome-compliant WMs are fvwm2, icewm, blackbox, afterstep, > WindowMaker, and Enlightenment. > > All window managers can be found in /usr/ports/x11-wm. > > If you want to use gdm, edit /etc/ttys, and add the line: > > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/gdm -nodaemon" xterm on > > You'll also want to make sure the following is in /etc/pam.conf: > > gdm auth requisite pam_unix.so try_first_pass > gdm account requisite pam_unix.so try_first_pass > gdm session required pam_permit.so > > Joe > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > ---- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its Customers and > is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is > addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or > exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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