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Date:      Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:03:12 -0800
From:      Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com>
To:        Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7p3 -- multiple issues
Message-ID:  <6A95C31A-3F7D-11D7-8346-000A278CC960@antsclimbtree.com>
In-Reply-To: <1045155124.308.14.camel@gyros>

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On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 08:52  AM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 04:42, Mark Edwards wrote:
>> On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 02:30 PM, Scott A. Moberly wrote:
>>
>>>>> My two cents in here real quick, what does:
>>>>>
>>>>> pkg_info | fgrep XFree86
>>>>>
>>>>> give?
>>>>
>>>>> pkg_info | fgrep XFree86
>>>> XFree86-libraries-4.2.1_6 XFree86-4 include/(shared) library kit
>>>> imake-4.2.0_1       Imake and other utilities from XFree86
>>>
>>> First of all you probably need to install:
>>>
>>> XFree86-fontDefaultBitmaps-4.2.0 XFree86-4 default bitmap fonts
>>>
>>> to deal with the explicit problem on your X startup.
>>>
>>> Though this may not work as you also want the following packages:
>>>
>>> XFree86-Server-4.2.1_7 XFree86-4 X server and related programs
>>> XFree86-clients-4.2.1_2 XFree86-4 Client environments
>>> XFree86-font100dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 100 dpi fonts
>>> XFree86-font75dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 75 dpi fonts
>>> XFree86-fontEncodings-4.2.0 XFree86-4 font encoding files
>>> XFree86-fontScalable-4.2.0 XFree86-4 Scalable font files
>>> wrapper-1.0_2       Wrapper for XFree86-4 server
>>> freetype2-2.1.3_1   A free and portable TrueType font rendering 
>>> engine
>>>
>>> Some aren't strictly necessary, but...
>>>
>>> If you are in a rush you could install these one by one (starting 
>>> with
>>> default fonts) until you are up and running
>>>
>>> otherwise make install clean deinstall everything you 'think' you 
>>> have
>>> and
>>> start from scratch.
>>
>> Okay, well I've made some progress, but still can't get gdm/gnome
>> running with 2.2.
>>
>> I've fixed my XFree86 install, and I have 4.2.1 running.  All of the
>> ports mentioned above are installed.  I am able to run xf86cfg
>> graphically and configure, and I can run X using startx, which loads
>> fine.
>>
>> However, when I do:
>>
>> sudo /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start
>>
>> I get:
>>
>> Feb 13 01:28:56 lilbuddy gdm[15381]: Failed to start the display 
>> server
>> several times in a short time period; disabling display :0
>
> I would need to see the X log to know if it's a gdm problem.  However,
> I've never tried starting gdm under sudo.

Well, the same behavior occurs if I just restart the machine and let 
the script be triggered normally, so I doubt that sudo has anything to 
do with it.  Also, I successfully started gdm many times this way under 
gnome 2.0.

I have posted /var/log/:0.log and var/log/XFree86.0.log here:

http://mark.antsclimbtree.com/Xlog.txt

Thanks.

--
Mark Edwards
San Francisco, CA


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