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Date:      09 May 2003 14:36:25 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Jesus Cash <jesuscash@cox.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: gdm-2.4.1.4 not launching
Message-ID:  <1052505385.312.0.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <3EBBF0B0.1020807@cox.net>
References:  <20030509160612.GA19809@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> <1052500047.313.14.camel@gyros> <20030509172845.GA76544@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> <3EBBF0B0.1020807@cox.net>

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On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 14:17, Jesus Cash wrote:
> I just joined the list, so I don't know if it's exactly the same.
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> I just CVSUPed the port tree yesterday, so as far as I know and from=20
> what I can tell from the CVS-All list, I have the current GDM.
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> I have a fresh install of 5-Release, just did a very basic install.=20
> Added XFree86-4 via ports, then installed Gnome2.  When I try to start=20
> gdm manually or via /etc/ttys, I get the generic X desktop with no=20
> console windows, then it goes right back to the terminal prompt. I've=20
> tried with and without -nodaemon (some one I talked to said this is out=20
> dated now). I'll try to give you whatever diagnostic methods you might=20
> suggest, I've already glanced over these two messages I recieved on the=20
> issue, but I'm a little short on time right now.

You should be starting gdm from /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh.  Do not use
/etc/ttys.  Note, it still may not work as others are reporting this
problem with 5.x.  However, I have yet to encounter this problem on my
-CURRENT machine.

Joe

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> Thanks for any help, or at least a good swift kick to the head.
>=20
> -B
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> Glenn Johnson wrote:
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> >On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:07:28PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> >
> > =20
> >
> >>On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 12:06, Glenn Johnson wrote:
> >>
> >>   =20
> >>
> >>>I do not have the original thread on this machine so am starting
> >>>anew thread.  I said in the other gdm thread that I would check the
> >>>machine at work that I just did a clean install on to see if the new
> >>>gdm worked.
> >>>
> >>>It does not.  I see the same result as on my home machine.  The
> >>>gdm-binary process launches, the screen goes back to the console,
> >>>and the gdm-binary process can only be killed with kill -9.
> >>>
> >>>This was a fresh install of -CURRENT, FreeBSD
> >>>5.1-BETA #0: Thu May 8 12:42:08 CDT 2003
> >>>root@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLUSTER-FW
> >>>
> >>>I used the following command to install gdm and friends: portinstall
> >>>-M BATCH=3Dyes gnome2
> >>>     =20
> >>>
> >>Please stick this patch in /usr/ports/x11/gdm2/files, and rebuild
> >>gdm2.  Then, make sure gdm debugging is _OFF_, and try running gdm.
> >>There should be some XXX messages printed to the console.  Please send
> >>them to me.
> >>   =20
> >>
> >
> >Well, there is nothing to send.  Nothing printed out.
> >
> > =20
> >
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