Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:42:12 -0500 From: "Mark Zytkovicz" <markz@ipa.cfa.harvard.edu> To: "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: gdm doesn't allow username input Message-ID: <40862A4C32426349A9AB3BB0C233CD6676DE8E@occmail.occ.harvard.edu>
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> On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 16:08, Mark Zytkovicz wrote: > > This is a strange one. > >=20 > > I've just finished a massive port upgrade on 5.0-release. > > I logged out of gnome (probably shouldn't have even > > been there, but whatever) and it noted that the versions > > of gdm were different, restart gdm or reboot. I figure > > it was as good a time as any to reboot. > >=20 > > Well, gdm comes up and asks for the password - no username. > > Nothing I type gets me anywhere. I can go through the > > menus and enter the root password to configure the login > > manager, but I never get asked to enter the username, just > > the password. > >=20 > > I've checked google, bsdforums and current, and haven't > > seen any mention of it. I have gdm2 as of Jan5, and can't > > get into a server right now to cvsup. > >=20 > > Any thoughts? >=20 > Upgrade to at least 5.1-RELEASE (5.2-RC preferred). GNOME is=20 > no longer > supported on 5.0-RELEASE. >=20 > Joe >=20 Thanks Joe. That was the plan - actually, to go up to current, but I was trying to tidy up ports first. Where would I find this info, and how can I make sure I find out when it happens again? Or is it just general knowledge and I've missed it? Thanks, -MarkZ
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