From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 2 22:53:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C087F16A400 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 22:53:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: from luke.segpub.com.au (luke.segpub.com.au [64.49.254.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2463343D45 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 22:53:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: (qmail 43832 invoked by uid 89); 3 May 2006 08:53:38 +1000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.35?) (eoghan@redry.net@213.202.132.171) by 0 with SMTP; 3 May 2006 08:53:38 +1000 Message-ID: <4457E2EB.6000401@redry.net> Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 23:53:31 +0100 From: eoghan User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Messenger References: <4457BC5A.3010600@redry.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome 2.14 issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 22:53:39 -0000 Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Tue, 02 May 2006 15:08:58 -0500, eoghan wrote: > >> Hi >> First off thanks to all concerned for the 2.14 update. I have it up >> and running. I would like to ask a few questions; perhaps someone can >> help me... These have mostly been inherited from my 2.12 build. >> >> First off, my problem with Desktop -> Administration persists. >> That is, when i try to open anything in here it prompts for a root >> password which it will not accept, message is: >> "The entered password is invalid, Check that you typed it correctly >> and that you haven't activated the caps lock key" >> I am really stuck on this one, was happening to me in 2.12 and I >> waited for 2.14. I asked before and no one else seems to be having >> this issue. >> If anyone can give me any clues I would appreciate it. > > Works fine here.. Can't tell why it doesn't to your. > >> The new "Login Window" at Desktop -> Administration fails to load with >> this error: >> "Could not launch menu item Details: Failed to execute child process >> 'gmdsetup' (No such file or directory)" >> >> I have also noticed (in 2.12 too) that from the Applications -> System >> Tools menu, New Login and New Login in a nested window don't load. >> There is no error message, just nothing happens. Same with Lock Screen >> from the Desktop menu. > > Do you have gdm_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf? You have to use > (enable) GDM to enable several features. > > Cheers, > Mezz Hi Jermey I dont believe I have the enabled. But will check for sure after my portupgrade finishes. Thanks for the tip. Eoghan