Date: 13 Jan 2002 18:55:12 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Steve Wingate <steve@velosystems.net> Cc: cliff@raggedclown.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KDM, GDM Message-ID: <1010966115.11233.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20020113140628.107a4ca7.steve@velosystems.net> References: <20020112142011.B254@raggedclown.net> <1010858931.25375.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20020113140628.107a4ca7.steve@velosystems.net>
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On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 17:06, Steve Wingate wrote: > On 12 Jan 2002 13:08:51 -0500 > "Joe Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2002-01-12 at 08:20, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > Hello, > > > GDM -- does nothing, just gives a grey screen > > > > I can't speak for KDM, but the problem you're seeing with GDM is fixed > > in the latest version (2.2.5.4 as of this writing). > > I've installed the 2.2.5.4 gdm port but I think it still needs some > work. For starters gdm expects to run as the user/group 'gdm' yet it > doesn't create said user. I just get the grey screen and some others > errors in the xdm log I've yet to track down. I do have kdm working > somewhat. Right. You need to create the user and group gdm. I suggest you use uid and gid 91 if possible, as it seems to make upgrading easier. Joe > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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