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RE: gdm and kdm problems.




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> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:17:43 +0000
> From: abs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> To: que_deseja%hotmail.com@localhost
> Subject: RE: gdm and kdm problems.
> 
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Desmond Chapman wrote:
> 
>>>> If there is already a soltuion to my problem, please point me in the right 
>>>> direction.
>>>> I've tried to enable xdm through both the rc.conf and ttys files; the 
>>>> result has been a login that freezes with a block, widgits dialogue on the 
>>>> block, and a terminal at the bottom right corner.
>>>> FreeBSD has a usr/local but that doesn't exist on my NetBSD installation.
>>>> Problems: xdm won't work properly and gdm- along with gnome-session- 
>>>> doesn't configure.
>>>> I have an instance of NetBSD-4.3 i386 installed on my machine.
>>>
>>>     Is this xdm from pkgsrc? Assuming so, what happens if you just
>>>     login to the console as root and then run xdm by hand?
>>> --
>>>             David/absolute       -- www.NetBSD.org: No hype required --
>> I also just tried wdm with the same results. I think I may be needing a link 
>> to a howto.
> 
>       I assume X starts up OK on your machine if you type startx?
> -- 
>               David/absolute       -- www.NetBSD.org: No hype required --
Yes, it starts as normal with the startx command
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