Date: 20 Dec 2001 23:06:31 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Jaideep Bhatia <jaideep.bhatia@wipro.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Gnome Woes Message-ID: <1008907591.89306.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <001201c189d0$e0bfbeb0$1151a8c0@EC1TMM107317> References: <001201c189d0$e0bfbeb0$1151a8c0@EC1TMM107317>
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On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 22:37, Jaideep Bhatia wrote:
> I have been able to run gnome with xdm. Gdm as the login manager dosen;t
> start at all. I have added a user and the group gdm. And the user gdm
> dosen't belong to group wheel or any other group. But gdm never starts
> saying "gdm should not be started as root"?
> Any ideas what I might be missing?
gdm's port comes with some instructions for installing it, and getting
it to run. Firs,t I would compile the latest gdm from ports
(gdm-2.2.5.2_1). Then, create a user gdm that looks like:
gdm:*:91:91::0:0:GDM Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin
Keep the UID and GID 91 as it will make upgrading easier. Then, create
a gdm group:
gdm:*:91:
Then:
chown -R gdm:gdm /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/gdm
Then, as root, type gdm from the prompt. It should start. For
automatic start, you can use /etc/ttys, or create a rc script in
/usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d like:
#!/bin/sh
PREFIX=/usr/X11R6
case "$1" in
start)
${PREFIX}/bin/gdm
;;
stop)
/usr/bin/killall gdm 2>/dev/null
;;
*)
echo "$0 start | stop"
;;
esac
Joe
> Regards,
> Jaideep
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Joe Clarke
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 12:44 AM
> To: Totally Jayyness
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Gnome Woes
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Totally Jayyness wrote:
>
> > Ok, am able to get Gnome started now (thanks for the help on that one)
> >
> > But when I do startx, then twm loads... then I load Gnome which does
> start
> > after warning me that I am not using a Window Manager for Gnome. And
> after
> > Gnome does start, my desktop is HUGE... my mouse won't go beyond the
> screen
> > size but the windows that are open go WAY below my screen...
>
> How did you install Gnome? Gnome built from ports:
>
> # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome
> # make all install clean
>
> Installs sawfish as the default Gnome window manager. You can always go
> into the Gnome Control Center, and change the window manager there.
>
> >
> > I did a man gnome and saw that gdm is the preferred window manager of
> gnome
> > so I am installing that now (or trying)... after it is installed, will
> I
> > just be able to do a startx and it will load or do I have to change
> > something somewhere to make gdm my default XServer?
>
> gdm is the display manager (the login screen), not the window manager.
> Sawfish is the preferred (or at least default) Gnome window manager.
> Other Gnome-compliant WMs are fvwm2, icewm, blackbox, afterstep,
> WindowMaker, and Enlightenment.
>
> All window managers can be found in /usr/ports/x11-wm.
>
> If you want to use gdm, edit /etc/ttys, and add the line:
>
> ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/gdm -nodaemon" xterm on
>
> You'll also want to make sure the following is in /etc/pam.conf:
>
> gdm auth requisite pam_unix.so try_first_pass
> gdm account requisite pam_unix.so try_first_pass
> gdm session required pam_permit.so
>
> Joe
>
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