Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:50:14 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Andrew W. Nosenko" <andrew.w.nosenko@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: empty GDM list Message-ID: <1260139814.98943.7.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <6161f3180912061419y413c207fm1b599e2abf68b3f0@mail.gmail.com> References: <BAY126-DS2C043C693B31A53D085FCCA910@phx.gbl> <6161f3180912061419y413c207fm1b599e2abf68b3f0@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 00:19 +0200, Andrew W. Nosenko wrote: > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 22:59, Sean Cavanaugh <Millenia2000@hotmail.com> wrote: > > This is on a fresh install of 8.0-AMD64 and ports install of gnome 2.28. no modifications have been done > > > > When GDM loads up, the window only shows my computer icon and the "restart" and "Shut Down" buttons. there is no area at all to either select a user account or even to manually type one in. > > > > what files do I need to parse to check why this is happening? or does someone know a reason that would cause this? > > Whether you have procfs mounted? It is required (or at least was > required) for proper functioning PolicyKit, and, therefore many parts > of GNOME, including GDM. Yes, it is required. You should also check /var/log/messages for more details. Joe -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkscNSUACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4ekUgCeNqaLJgHFcsEkNdmGotYbfGJa KM4AnRdMuFpxssPR1PL634fRND2RP8Ux =ThqF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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