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Date:      Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:23:11 +0100
From:      martin.clausen@privat.dk
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GDM - configured as per the documentation but stil chrashes - FreeBSD 4. 9 an d 5.1
Message-ID:  <20031117212313.PNET16604.fepB.post.tele.dk@localhost.localdomain>
References:  <20031113132926.XKXN4323.fepD.post.tele.dk@localhost.localdomain> <44n0b0kn6m.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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Thanks for the input. Actually I got it working on 4.9 by renaming gdm.sh t=
o z_gdm.sh. It seems that gdm has to be the last thing program to launch at=
 boot time.

Regards,

Martin


Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> martin.clausen@privat.dk writes:
>=20
> > I cannot get GDM2 to work on neither 4.9(nor 5.1.)
> >=20
> > GDM chrashes at boot time no matter what I do.
> >=20
> > I use the gnome2-2.4.0 package. I have tried to install it
> at install time(which results in the gdm users not being
> created), installed it afterwards and compiled it from
> source(using ports), but the result is the same: gdm
> chrashes X at boot time.
> >=20
> > I have followed the instructions given at package install,
> that is copied the /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh.sample to
> /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh. I have also copied the
> /usr/x11R6/etc/gdm/factory-gdm.conf to
> /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/gdm.conf. I have not touched the
> /etc/ttys file, it is vanilla as installed.
> >=20
> > I have searched the net in vain for any tips on how to fix
> this, the only things I have found are the ones I have tried
> already. The pam fix(from
> http://people.freebsd.org/~marcus/pam_get_user.c.diff
> > ) should not apply to 4.9 so I have not treid that.
> >=20
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>=20
> Try starting not starting gdm at boot, and kicking it off
> later.  This
> will enable you to get a better view of what breaks.  You
> should also
> look at the gdm logs, and possibly the X logs.=20=20
>=20
> Personally, I use xdm, so I don't have much help specific to
> gdm.
> However, you might try xdm to see if the problem is with gdm
> or more
> directly related to X.



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