From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 23 8:19:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-28-046.nc.rr.com [66.57.28.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C26537B405 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:19:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from shumai.marcuscom.com (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fANGGKJ99954; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 11:16:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: gdm question From: Joe Clarke To: Chip Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <01112221595701.76143@chip.wiegand.org> References: <01112221595701.76143@chip.wiegand.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.99.2 (Preview Release) Date: 23 Nov 2001 21:19:25 +0500 Message-Id: <1006532365.39074.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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