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Date:      Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:11:03 -0500
From:      Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org>
To:        Troels Just <troels@troelsjust.dk>
Cc:        gnome@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: gdm-2.30.5_1
Message-ID:  <20101215161103.GB81589@pcbsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <201012151642.12217.troels@troelsjust.dk>
References:  <201012151642.12217.troels@troelsjust.dk>

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On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 04:42:11PM +0100, Troels Just wrote:
> Greetings maintainers of GNOME on FreeBSD.
> 
> I just set up a FreeBSD workstation and I wanted to use GDM + Xfce,
> however when I tried starting GDM, it just beeped when I clicked on
> my user account, and said some quick error (It was on screen for like
> 1/4 of a second) that said something like "error initiating ...",
> I looked at the prompt and noticed several errors about the file
> /usr/local/lib/pam_gnome_keyring.so not existing. I looked around and
> I found that I had to install the port security/gnome-keyring as it had
> not been pulled in by the GDM dependencies.
> 
> I just thought I would bring this to your attention, in case you hear
> similar problems.
> 
> Thanks for the work all of you do, greatly appreciated! :)
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> 
> Troels Just, Denmark.

I've also noticed that it needs sysutils/gnome-power-manager installed when running on a
laptop, otherwise GDM starts and keeps a busy indicator since it cant start the battery monitor. 

-- 
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software



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