Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:50:08 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using gdm at boot Message-ID: <41ABA7A0.3050400@marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1101768549.80344.6.camel@salamander.thesizemores.net> References: <1101768549.80344.6.camel@salamander.thesizemores.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Trey Sizemore wrote: | I've got FreeBSD 5.3 setup on my desktop and wanted to use gdm to login. | Per instructions I found at marcuscom.com: | | Do _NOT_ use /etc/ttys to start gdm at boot time. This will result in | gdm hanging or restarting constantly. Instead, copy the included | gdm.sh.sample script to gdm.sh, and restart. This script is found | in /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d. | | Silly question, but I'm not sure I understand where to copy this file | to. Same directory (/usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d)? Yes. ~ Does doing this alone enable | gdm without any changes to /etc.ttys? That's right. With this script, no changes are required to /etc/ttys. ~ I have only a text login now, no | xdm/kdm/gdm at all, but want to have gdm enabled with sessions available | for gnome, kde, icewm, and xfce4. See the FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/ on how to add additional desktop sessions to GDM. Joe | | Thanks for any clarification. | | _______________________________________________ | 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" | - -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBq6egb2iPiv4Uz4cRAgKLAJ0eVubBo267v2ODV9U+Q1AGioPDcACfWMvC FNbVSZkZVdIVVsaTE3/MAZc= =aMW8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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