Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:13:55 -0600 From: James <oscartheduck@gmail.com> To: "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Greeter application missing (??) gdm login ? Message-ID: <d59e90ab0710291413p7a35366apbe3bb0e7fa5996cd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071029062429.GA28450@thought.org> References: <20071029062429.GA28450@thought.org>
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On 10/29/07, Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > > Well, I managed to hose my gnome config *thoroughly*. Can > anybody clue me in how to set things right? > > /home is now where /usr/home was before. I have a dummy > acccolunt that when I typr (as root) kdm, KDE starts up. > But trying gdm (or automating this in /etc/rc.conf) gets me > nowhere. I deleted ~/.gnome2 thinking that itwould be rebuilt on > my next login. Nope. --i Also messed with the login screen > andnow I see a large daisy on the lower right. There is a dialog > about my missing some files in /var/tmp. > > Any/all insights welcome here! > > gary > > > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Have you tried following the handbook's setup tips again? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html I don't *imagine* that'll get it, and you should make sure that your xinitrc doesn't contain two copies of the line, but it mightn't be bad to start at the beginning. James
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