Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 21:05:59 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GDM2 no longer works with -current Message-ID: <20030508020559.GA27322@gforce.johnson.home> In-Reply-To: <20030507170618.Q62863@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <20030507032722.GA50343@gforce.johnson.home> <20030507223252.A60713@bat.ru> <20030507170618.Q62863@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 05:07:54PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 7 May 2003, Timur I. Bakeyev wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 10:27:22PM -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote: > > > > > It seems that gdm2 no longer works with my -current system. I > > > just updated gdm2 and I just rebuilt -current. > > > > > > FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #2: Tue May 6 00:10:49 CDT 2003 root@gforce.johnson.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GFORCE > > > > > > I turned on debugging output in gdm.conf but I do not see anything > > > that jumps out. The following is a little suspicious: > > > > > > gdm_server_start: Temporary server failure (:0) > > > > > > The X server does work. The gdm-binary process gets started, > > > the ugly black and white hash screen pops up for a few seconds > > > and then goes back to the console. The gdm-binary process stays > > > around and I have to kill it with kill -9. > > > > > > Could this be a problem with pam? I believe I saw some changes to > > > the gdm file in /etc/pam.d. > > > > Unfortunatelly, I can only confirm that it failes for me as well :( > > > > FreeBSD timur.home.bat.ru 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #1: Mon May 5 19:49:0 > > 5 CEST 2003 root@timur.home.bat.ru:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/SMP i386 > > > > PORTNAME= gdm2 > > PORTVERSION= 2.4.1.4 > > > > With the previous version(2.4.1.3, I belive), I got gdm login > > prompt, but wasn't able to enter any character... But I suspect, > > that was caused by default 'Standart' section with the X server call > > like: > > > > /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt9 > > > > when I have 10 virtual consoles. I'll check this as soon as I'll > > revert to the previous version. > > > > For the current version I have exactly the same probles, as Glenn > > described :( > > I just installed gdm-2.4.1.4 on my -CURRENT machine, and > it works fine. I had to merge in some of the new gdm.conf > settings, but so far, I haven't seen any lockups or crashes. > If you're experiencing problems, make sure you're starting > gdm from /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh, and try copying > /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/factory-gdm.conf to /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/gdm.conf. I always start it from /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh and I already had merged in changes from factory-gdm.conf. I went ahead and copied it too just to be sure. Still no joy. Joe, is you -CURRENT a clean install? Mine has been through hell the last week or so because of the ffs:free bug and I am wondering if my system has gremlins lying around. > > Joe -- Glenn Johnson glennpj@charter.net
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