Re: Greeter application missing (??) gdm login ?
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 10:39:29PM +, Tino Engel wrote: Stupid question: Have you reinstalled gdm? That should fix missing files. Hmm. I figured that gdm was part of the gnome2 built. I'll look for a seperate gdm utility/daemon. danke, gary Best regards, Tino Am Montag 29 Oktober 2007 06:24 schrieb Gary Kline: Well, I managed to hose my gnome config *thoroughly*. Can anybody clue me in how to set things right? /home is now where /usr/home was before. I have a dummy acccolunt that when I typr (as root) kdm, KDE starts up. But trying gdm (or automating this in /etc/rc.conf) gets me nowhere. I deleted ~/.gnome2 thinking that itwould be rebuilt on my next login. Nope. --i Also messed with the login screen andnow I see a large daisy on the lower right. There is a dialog about my missing some files in /var/tmp. Any/all insights welcome here! gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greeter application missing (??) gdm login ?
Well, I managed to hose my gnome config *thoroughly*. Can anybody clue me in how to set things right? /home is now where /usr/home was before. I have a dummy acccolunt that when I typr (as root) kdm, KDE starts up. But trying gdm (or automating this in /etc/rc.conf) gets me nowhere. I deleted ~/.gnome2 thinking that itwould be rebuilt on my next login. Nope. --i Also messed with the login screen andnow I see a large daisy on the lower right. There is a dialog about my missing some files in /var/tmp. Any/all insights welcome here! gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Greeter application missing (??) gdm login ?
On 10/29/07, Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I managed to hose my gnome config *thoroughly*. Can anybody clue me in how to set things right? /home is now where /usr/home was before. I have a dummy acccolunt that when I typr (as root) kdm, KDE starts up. But trying gdm (or automating this in /etc/rc.conf) gets me nowhere. I deleted ~/.gnome2 thinking that itwould be rebuilt on my next login. Nope. --i Also messed with the login screen andnow I see a large daisy on the lower right. There is a dialog about my missing some files in /var/tmp. Any/all insights welcome here! gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you tried following the handbook's setup tips again? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html I don't *imagine* that'll get it, and you should make sure that your xinitrc doesn't contain two copies of the line, but it mightn't be bad to start at the beginning. James ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Greeter application missing (??) gdm login ?
Stupid question: Have you reinstalled gdm? That should fix missing files. Best regards, Tino Am Montag 29 Oktober 2007 06:24 schrieb Gary Kline: Well, I managed to hose my gnome config *thoroughly*. Can anybody clue me in how to set things right? /home is now where /usr/home was before. I have a dummy acccolunt that when I typr (as root) kdm, KDE starts up. But trying gdm (or automating this in /etc/rc.conf) gets me nowhere. I deleted ~/.gnome2 thinking that itwould be rebuilt on my next login. Nope. --i Also messed with the login screen andnow I see a large daisy on the lower right. There is a dialog about my missing some files in /var/tmp. Any/all insights welcome here! gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Greeter application missing (??) gdm login ?
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 03:13:55PM -0600, James wrote: On 10/29/07, Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I managed to hose my gnome config *thoroughly*. Can anybody clue me in how to set things right? /home is now where /usr/home was before. I have a dummy acccolunt that when I typr (as root) kdm, KDE starts up. But trying gdm (or automating this in /etc/rc.conf) gets me nowhere. I deleted ~/.gnome2 thinking that itwould be rebuilt on my next login. Nope. --i Also messed with the login screen andnow I see a large daisy on the lower right. There is a dialog about my missing some files in /var/tmp. Any/all insights welcome here! gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you tried following the handbook's setup tips again? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html I don't *imagine* that'll get it, and you should make sure that your xinitrc doesn't contain two copies of the line, but it mightn't be bad to start at the beginning. James Thanks for the pointer to the handbook; I never have done much Gnome setup work. I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade alll four BSD servers to the lastest Gnome. A fault in portupgrade caused me to pkg_delete kde3, so I'm rebuuilding that too. ...At least, after hours of pounding keys, the computers are doing the work. (*whew*) gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
