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Date:      Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:42:12 -0500
From:      "Mark Zytkovicz" <markz@ipa.cfa.harvard.edu>
To:        "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: gdm doesn't allow username input
Message-ID:  <40862A4C32426349A9AB3BB0C233CD6676DE8E@occmail.occ.harvard.edu>

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> 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

Thanks Joe.  That was the plan - actually, to go up to current,
but I was trying to tidy up ports first.

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?

Thanks,

-MarkZ



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