Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 16:43:49 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Mark Zytkovicz <markz@ipa.cfa.harvard.edu> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: gdm doesn't allow username input Message-ID: <1073511829.765.66.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <40862A4C32426349A9AB3BB0C233CD6676DE8E@occmail.occ.harvard.edu> References: <40862A4C32426349A9AB3BB0C233CD6676DE8E@occmail.occ.harvard.edu>
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--=-ae6aiRDHeCFzhoQi1RMJ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 16:42, Mark Zytkovicz wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 16:08, Mark Zytkovicz wrote: > > > This is a strange one. > > >=20 > > > I've just finished a massive port upgrade on 5.0-release. > > > I logged out of gnome (probably shouldn't have even > > > been there, but whatever) and it noted that the versions > > > of gdm were different, restart gdm or reboot. I figure > > > it was as good a time as any to reboot. > > >=20 > > > Well, gdm comes up and asks for the password - no username. > > > Nothing I type gets me anywhere. I can go through the > > > menus and enter the root password to configure the login > > > manager, but I never get asked to enter the username, just > > > the password. > > >=20 > > > I've checked google, bsdforums and current, and haven't > > > seen any mention of it. I have gdm2 as of Jan5, and can't > > > get into a server right now to cvsup. > > >=20 > > > Any thoughts? > >=20 > > Upgrade to at least 5.1-RELEASE (5.2-RC preferred). GNOME is=20 > > no longer > > supported on 5.0-RELEASE. > >=20 > > Joe > >=20 >=20 > Thanks Joe. That was the plan - actually, to go up to current, > but I was trying to tidy up ports first. >=20 > Where would I find this info, and how can I make sure I find > out when it happens again? Or is it just general knowledge > and I've missed it? http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/ is more or less the bible when it comes to GNOME on FreeBSD. Of course, watching the mailing list and/or the IRC channel doesn't hurt, either. Joe >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > -MarkZ --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-ae6aiRDHeCFzhoQi1RMJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA//H2Vb2iPiv4Uz4cRApbyAJ9l9pkjKvs7hxmQ51oad7bFhHgNxgCcDxnJ 7q13SQo+ABA5SRRhcAGBdwU= =HSTN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-ae6aiRDHeCFzhoQi1RMJ--
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