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Date:      23 Nov 2001 21:19:25 +0500
From:      Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Chip <chip@wiegand.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gdm question
Message-ID:  <1006532365.39074.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <01112221595701.76143@chip.wiegand.org>
References:  <01112221595701.76143@chip.wiegand.org>

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You need a certain version of gdm for things to work.  gdm-2.2.4.2_1 is
the only version that works with FreeBSD.  It would also be a good idea
to update all of your gnome components as well.  This will require a
current version of the ports tree.

Joe

On Fri, 2001-11-23 at 00:59, Chip wrote:
> I just installed gdm from the ports, got it so it will load up on boot up, 
> but it only displays an empty X screen and the plain x mouse cursor. I cannot 
> find a web site for gdm or instructions on how to actually tell it what 
> window managers to list. At least that is what I think it is supposed to do 
> isn't it? I want a display to list the several wm's installed and allow the 
> user to pick the wm he wants to use. This is for a new user so I set up 
> several wm's so he can learn more about them and fbsd.
> 
> --
> Chip W.
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