Date: 09 May 2003 14:36:25 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Jesus Cash <jesuscash@cox.net> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gdm-2.4.1.4 not launching Message-ID: <1052505385.312.0.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <3EBBF0B0.1020807@cox.net> References: <20030509160612.GA19809@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> <1052500047.313.14.camel@gyros> <20030509172845.GA76544@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> <3EBBF0B0.1020807@cox.net>
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--=-gjIfbg2U7N7LkRneyBmt Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 14:17, Jesus Cash wrote: > I just joined the list, so I don't know if it's exactly the same. >=20 > I just CVSUPed the port tree yesterday, so as far as I know and from=20 > what I can tell from the CVS-All list, I have the current GDM. >=20 > I have a fresh install of 5-Release, just did a very basic install.=20 > Added XFree86-4 via ports, then installed Gnome2. When I try to start=20 > gdm manually or via /etc/ttys, I get the generic X desktop with no=20 > console windows, then it goes right back to the terminal prompt. I've=20 > tried with and without -nodaemon (some one I talked to said this is out=20 > dated now). I'll try to give you whatever diagnostic methods you might=20 > suggest, I've already glanced over these two messages I recieved on the=20 > issue, but I'm a little short on time right now. You should be starting gdm from /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh. Do not use /etc/ttys. Note, it still may not work as others are reporting this problem with 5.x. However, I have yet to encounter this problem on my -CURRENT machine. Joe >=20 > Thanks for any help, or at least a good swift kick to the head. >=20 > -B >=20 > Glenn Johnson wrote: >=20 > >On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:07:28PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > =20 > > > >>On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 12:06, Glenn Johnson wrote: > >> > >> =20 > >> > >>>I do not have the original thread on this machine so am starting > >>>anew thread. I said in the other gdm thread that I would check the > >>>machine at work that I just did a clean install on to see if the new > >>>gdm worked. > >>> > >>>It does not. I see the same result as on my home machine. The > >>>gdm-binary process launches, the screen goes back to the console, > >>>and the gdm-binary process can only be killed with kill -9. > >>> > >>>This was a fresh install of -CURRENT, FreeBSD > >>>5.1-BETA #0: Thu May 8 12:42:08 CDT 2003 > >>>root@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLUSTER-FW > >>> > >>>I used the following command to install gdm and friends: portinstall > >>>-M BATCH=3Dyes gnome2 > >>> =20 > >>> > >>Please stick this patch in /usr/ports/x11/gdm2/files, and rebuild > >>gdm2. Then, make sure gdm debugging is _OFF_, and try running gdm. > >>There should be some XXX messages printed to the console. Please send > >>them to me. > >> =20 > >> > > > >Well, there is nothing to send. Nothing printed out. > > > > =20 > > >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-gjIfbg2U7N7LkRneyBmt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+u/Upb2iPiv4Uz4cRAsgIAJ4i38A+BR2hQ+qLuBHXaT9Wzkgp2wCdGLlS wFqLQAdOb1mzXVAQXXY6XSM= =/yYn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-gjIfbg2U7N7LkRneyBmt--
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