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Date:      Thu, 13 Feb 2003 01:42:45 -0800
From:      Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com>
To:        "Scott A. Moberly" <smoberly@karamazov.org>
Cc:        <marcus@marcuscom.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7p3 -- multiple issues
Message-ID:  <815C7678-3F37-11D7-BE61-000393C0ABC0@antsclimbtree.com>
In-Reply-To: <22416.65.221.169.187.1045002606.squirrel@mail.karamazov.org>

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On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 02:30 PM, Scott A. Moberly wrote:

>>> My two cents in here real quick, what does:
>>>
>>> pkg_info | fgrep XFree86
>>>
>>> give?
>>
>>> pkg_info | fgrep XFree86
>> XFree86-libraries-4.2.1_6 XFree86-4 include/(shared) library kit
>> imake-4.2.0_1       Imake and other utilities from XFree86
>
> First of all you probably need to install:
>
> XFree86-fontDefaultBitmaps-4.2.0 XFree86-4 default bitmap fonts
>
> to deal with the explicit problem on your X startup.
>
> Though this may not work as you also want the following packages:
>
> XFree86-Server-4.2.1_7 XFree86-4 X server and related programs
> XFree86-clients-4.2.1_2 XFree86-4 Client environments
> XFree86-font100dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 100 dpi fonts
> XFree86-font75dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 75 dpi fonts
> XFree86-fontEncodings-4.2.0 XFree86-4 font encoding files
> XFree86-fontScalable-4.2.0 XFree86-4 Scalable font files
> wrapper-1.0_2       Wrapper for XFree86-4 server
> freetype2-2.1.3_1   A free and portable TrueType font rendering engine
>
> Some aren't strictly necessary, but...
>
> If you are in a rush you could install these one by one (starting with
> default fonts) until you are up and running
>
> otherwise make install clean deinstall everything you 'think' you have 
> and
> start from scratch.

Okay, well I've made some progress, but still can't get gdm/gnome 
running with 2.2.

I've fixed my XFree86 install, and I have 4.2.1 running.  All of the 
ports mentioned above are installed.  I am able to run xf86cfg 
graphically and configure, and I can run X using startx, which loads 
fine.

However, when I do:

sudo /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start

I get:

Feb 13 01:28:56 lilbuddy gdm[15381]: Failed to start the display server 
several times in a short time period; disabling display :0

So, my problems seem to be specifically with gnome 2.2.  I was running 
gnome 2.0 with no problems before doing a portupgrade -ra and getting 
the new gnome 2.2 stuff installed.  I did have a fairly goofy XFree86 
install, granted, but it ran.

In any case, my /var/log/:0.log and /var/log/XFree86.0.log show no 
errors.  gdm just isn't starting up.  Where can I look for clues?  I've 
tried installing /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 again just to make sure nothing 
is missing, but it says everything is found.  Perhaps I should cvs and 
portupgrade?  I'm stuck...

--
Mark Edwards
San Francisco, CA


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