Thanks for the input. Actually I got it working on 4.9 by renaming gdm.sh to z_gdm.sh. It seems that gdm has to be the last thing program to launch at boot time.
Regards, Martin Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I cannot get GDM2 to work on neither 4.9(nor 5.1.) > > > > GDM chrashes at boot time no matter what I do. > > > > I use the gnome2-2.4.0 package. I have tried to install it > at install time(which results in the gdm users not being > created), installed it afterwards and compiled it from > source(using ports), but the result is the same: gdm > chrashes X at boot time. > > > > I have followed the instructions given at package install, > that is copied the /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh.sample to > /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh. I have also copied the > /usr/x11R6/etc/gdm/factory-gdm.conf to > /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/gdm.conf. I have not touched the > /etc/ttys file, it is vanilla as installed. > > > > I have searched the net in vain for any tips on how to fix > this, the only things I have found are the ones I have tried > already. The pam fix(from > http://people.freebsd.org/~marcus/pam_get_user.c.diff > > ) should not apply to 4.9 so I have not treid that. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Try starting not starting gdm at boot, and kicking it off > later. This > will enable you to get a better view of what breaks. You > should also > look at the gdm logs, and possibly the X logs. > > Personally, I use xdm, so I don't have much help specific to > gdm. > However, you might try xdm to see if the problem is with gdm > or more > directly related to X. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
