Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:54:06 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: James <oscartheduck@gmail.com> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Greeter application missing (??) gdm login ? Message-ID: <20071029215406.GA50586@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <d59e90ab0710291413p7a35366apbe3bb0e7fa5996cd@mail.gmail.com> References: <20071029062429.GA28450@thought.org> <d59e90ab0710291413p7a35366apbe3bb0e7fa5996cd@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 03:13:55PM -0600, James wrote: > 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 Thanks for the pointer to the handbook; I never have done much Gnome setup work. I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade alll four BSD servers to the lastest Gnome. A fault in portupgrade caused me to pkg_delete kde3, so I'm rebuuilding that too. ...At least, after hours of pounding keys, the computers are doing the work. (*whew*) gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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