From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 13:23:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E8C16A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:23:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from fepB.post.tele.dk (fepB.post.tele.dk [195.41.46.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAC2343FE5 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:23:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from martin.clausen@privat.dk) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([195.41.46.243]) by fepB.post.tele.dk ESMTP <20031117212313.PNET16604.fepB.post.tele.dk@localhost.localdomain> for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:23:13 +0100 From: martin.clausen@privat.dk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:23:11 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20031113132926.XKXN4323.fepD.post.tele.dk@localhost.localdomain> <44n0b0kn6m.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> X-Mailer: TDC Online webmail (version opasia/4.0.3) X-Originating-IP: 80.199.143.196 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-Id: <20031117212313.PNET16604.fepB.post.tele.dk@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: GDM - configured as per the documentation but stil chrashes - FreeBSD 4. 9 an d 5.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:23:17 -0000 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 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.