GDM does not start anymore in gnome2.18

[Werner Lehmann]

I did a fresh install of FreeBSD6.2, Xorg7.2 and gnome 2.18 from the 
6-stable-packages, my xserver is properly configured, but when I type 
"gdm" at the prompt as root (xserver not started), nothing happens, like 
before in gnome 2.16 or 2.14, not even a message. It just looks like this:

# gdm
#

The gdm daemon seems to be running though, because if you type "gdm" 
again at the prompt, You get:

# gdm
# GDM already running. Aborting!


Something must have changed with gdm in gnome 2.18, but that issue is 
not covered in the gnome2.18 Installation Instructions.
I don't know how to start gdm/gnome now.

I posted that question in bsdforums.org also and got the following 
response so far:

"Try to install gnome instead from packages from ports
Packages are not for 7.2 xorg yet so several problems may arrive."

I don't know if that is true, as I want to believe that the 
6-stable-packages are coherent with each other.


Please help and update the Gnome Installation Instructions if/as needed.

Thanks,

Werner