From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 29 21:14:16 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0795A16A417 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:14:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8310E13C4B2 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:14:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so1342656nfb for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:13:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=LfO1rWeqp+mRL8tfLfPT5cHOl46ZOJcoQxwR2PVLrbM=; b=HGnyeVujYNTD0DBdj/WUNbSvLfZ8KJM7p55StJNjwO91jdb+CxQ+vBueTPEGQG3Vi7+aznqPCDJm4o47s9yzDCBJj1PDZlfnv9EfwoLN/23esoG6vcJzmeOnyEWDihoNkWDMwpR8SoDqapsf6hOILAuX3e7ZtgzQmOYj0cS5WOc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=DDj9O7p9lF6T1DcHiEkLlJvOp5AJWFiqDNmUZMQ20TqTej4n3r/mT4RIvhH1iwENT/PpPyM9BZnxPO9FyXpjhRMqyb0LQdxE5R9Ms4Bu09LTQyQhXKpFTAGhfVW461JdaJ2STQZ7YvLUJbUnGiXba/NKMle3WAk20cBW2hmnkRY= Received: by 10.78.180.18 with SMTP id c18mr4578596huf.1193692435754; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.135.8 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:13:55 -0600 From: James To: "Gary Kline" In-Reply-To: <20071029062429.GA28450@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20071029062429.GA28450@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Greeter application missing (??) gdm login ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:14:16 -0000 On 10/29/07, Gary Kline 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