Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 10:36:37 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Werner Lehmann <elvis69@arcor.de> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GDM does not start anymore in gnome2.18 Message-ID: <20070608173637.GA33018@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <46695C55.6040601@arcor.de> References: <46695C55.6040601@arcor.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 03:40:37PM +0200, Werner Lehmann wrote:
> I did a fresh install of FreeBSD6.2, Xorg7.2 and gnome 2.18 from the
> 6-stable-packages, my xserver is properly configured, but when I type
> "gdm" at the prompt as root (xserver not started), nothing happens, like
> before in gnome 2.16 or 2.14, not even a message. It just looks like this:
>
> # gdm
> #
>
> The gdm daemon seems to be running though, because if you type "gdm"
> again at the prompt, You get:
>
> # gdm
> # GDM already running. Aborting!
>
>
> Something must have changed with gdm in gnome 2.18, but that issue is
> not covered in the gnome2.18 Installation Instructions.
> I don't know how to start gdm/gnome now.
>
> I posted that question in bsdforums.org also and got the following
> response so far:
>
> "Try to install gnome instead from packages from ports
> Packages are not for 7.2 xorg yet so several problems may arrive."
>
> I don't know if that is true, as I want to believe that the
> 6-stable-packages are coherent with each other.
>
>
> Please help and update the Gnome Installation Instructions if/as needed.
Hi,
First, what exactly do you want to do? If you want to autoboot
into Gnome, you need the ``gdm_enable="YES" (in /etc/rc.conf).
Sounds like you *do* have that because you got the "Aborting!"
message. If _not_, then set YES to NO and in your ~/.xsession
put "^exec gnome-session" and then as root:
# gdm
Until just now I had similar problems to yours. Emails to <->
from this list said that either I needed to add (portupgrade -a)
or re-run the symlink script that's mentioned in
/usr/ports/UPGRADING. It's been challenging several days, but
aftr several portupgrades (*and* pkgdb -F runs), and the script
mentioned in /usr/ports/UPGRADING, that I would exec with -x:
sh -x /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh
This is OT, but you might try putting "startkde" into your
~/.xsession and do
# kdm.
This *should* exec the kdm xlogin manager. I prefer it to GDM
becuase it lets you select any window mmanager ("Desktop") that
you prefer. With the gdm manager you've got to mess around and
create *.desktop. (I'm using xfce4.desktop for root;
ctwm.desktop for other accounts).
If you want to default to Gnome, keep at it;)
good luck!
gary
> Thanks,
>
> Werner
>
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
--
Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070608173637.GA33018>