From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 27 14:02:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7945216A4CE for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 14:02:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-02-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EFCB43D2D for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 14:02:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu74-159-108.nc.rr.com [24.74.159.108])hBRM24Ab006574; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:02:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) hBRM15L4004302; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:01:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Monah Baki In-Reply-To: <20031227142140.M84381@whywire.net> References: <20031227142140.M84381@whywire.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-d+nrKjYYO3atPPrkYWwC" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1072562513.47833.12.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:01:53 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: FreeBSD User Questions List Subject: Re: Stuck on GDM and GNOME 2.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 22:02:09 -0000 --=-d+nrKjYYO3atPPrkYWwC Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 09:31, Monah Baki wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I installed from ports gnome 2.4 and gdm on Freebsd 4.9. I copied factory= -gdm.conf to=20 > gdm.conf, I also copied gdm.sh.sample to gdm.sh. > I still can't start gdm I get the following error messages: >=20 > Dec 27 10:03:15 trinity gdm[193]: Failed to start X server several times = in a short time period;=20 > disabling display :0 > Dec 27 10:08:05 trinity gdm[252]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X err= or - Restarting :0 =46rom where was gdm installed? When did it start to fail? What happens when you try to start X using startx? What messages do you have in /var/log/XFree86.0.log? How about /var/log/:0.log? What is the uid/gid of the gdm user? What are the permissions on /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm? On /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/gdm? >=20 > One thing I noticed in the mailing list is not to start gdm at boot time.= Which file is needed for=20 > that so that I can disable it. Under normal circumstances, gdm can be started at boot time without any problems. However, if you wish to disable this, just remove the /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh file. Joe >=20 >=20 > Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-d+nrKjYYO3atPPrkYWwC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/7gFRb2iPiv4Uz4cRAqnuAJ9ESBqag0QzjplB+bsBJbgzkdlbFwCfUhH7 0I4fkmZzwEdQtDMPsUJYP6Y= =0P6b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-d+nrKjYYO3atPPrkYWwC--