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Date:      13 Jan 2002 18:55:12 -0500
From:      Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Steve Wingate <steve@velosystems.net>
Cc:        cliff@raggedclown.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: KDM, GDM
Message-ID:  <1010966115.11233.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020113140628.107a4ca7.steve@velosystems.net>
References:  <20020112142011.B254@raggedclown.net> <1010858931.25375.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>  <20020113140628.107a4ca7.steve@velosystems.net>

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On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 17:06, Steve Wingate wrote:
> On 12 Jan 2002 13:08:51 -0500
> "Joe Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2002-01-12 at 08:20, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > GDM -- does nothing, just gives a grey screen
> > 
> > I can't speak for KDM, but the problem you're seeing with GDM is fixed
> > in the latest version (2.2.5.4 as of this writing).
> 
> I've installed the 2.2.5.4 gdm port but I think it still needs some
> work. For starters gdm expects to run as the user/group 'gdm' yet it
> doesn't create said user. I just get the grey screen and some others
> errors in the xdm log I've yet to track down. I do have kdm working
> somewhat.

Right.  You need to create the user and group gdm.  I suggest you use
uid and gid 91 if possible, as it seems to make upgrading easier.  

Joe

> 



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