something wrong with gdm

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

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eodyna wrote:
| hi,
|
| Im a bit stuck atm.
| I tried to upgrade gnome from 2.8 to 2.10 using the
| upgrade script and it only upgraded about 1/4 of all
| the gnome bits. I had to then go to the ports of
| gnome2 and install it via that way.
|
| When i try running gdm i get coredumps and a message
| saying that it would change to another greeter. I can
| login however, gnome doesn't start only bare bones
| window  stuff starts.
|
| However, when i try to run startx in my home
| directory. gnome 2.10 starts up fine.
|
| Any ideas on how to fix gdm?

Sounds like gdm might be linked to old libraries still.  You may not
have a complete upgrade.  I'm certain:

portupgrade -Rf gdm

Will fix the problem, but you might be able to find a more tactical
solution by examining shared library links on your system.

Joe

|
| oh the version is gmd-2.6.0.8_1
|
| thanks in advance.
|
| ps: im not on the list, so if you can be kind enough
| to cc me id appreciate it.
|
| ta :)
|
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Joe Marcus Clarke
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