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From: "Philip Paeps" <philip@paeps.cx>
To: "'Stijn Hoop'" <stijn@win.tue.nl>
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Subject: RE: GDM shows blank screen
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:20:00 +0200
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# -- GDM blank screen -- #

> This apparently is an issue with XFree86-4.x.x and GDM. I really don't
> understand why, but I've got the same problem. On RedHat
> boxes, GDM works,

The funny thing is, XFree86-3.3.6 (the one 'default' in FreeBSD) has the same
issue.  I've been fiddling with just about everything (including running the
linux binary) to no avail.

> and as far as I can tell, they use the same sources, so it's probably
> a linuxism that GDM relies upon. It's over my head though, so
> I haven't looked any further than that.

Indeed.  GNU's not UNIX ... might it be linux though? ;-)


> You could try kdm for a prettier login daemon.

I'll have a look into that :-)  If anyone knows how to figure GDM out though
... I'd love to know how.

 - Philip

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Philip Paeps
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