Date: 23 Nov 2001 21:19:25 +0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gdm question Message-ID: <1006532365.39074.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <01112221595701.76143@chip.wiegand.org> References: <01112221595701.76143@chip.wiegand.org>
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You need a certain version of gdm for things to work. gdm-2.2.4.2_1 is the only version that works with FreeBSD. It would also be a good idea to update all of your gnome components as well. This will require a current version of the ports tree. Joe On Fri, 2001-11-23 at 00:59, Chip wrote: > I just installed gdm from the ports, got it so it will load up on boot up, > but it only displays an empty X screen and the plain x mouse cursor. I cannot > find a web site for gdm or instructions on how to actually tell it what > window managers to list. At least that is what I think it is supposed to do > isn't it? I want a display to list the several wm's installed and allow the > user to pick the wm he wants to use. This is for a new user so I set up > several wm's so he can learn more about them and fbsd. > > -- > Chip W. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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