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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
>
>
>
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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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