GDM does not start anymore in gnome2.18

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:36:17 -0500, Werner Lehmann <elvis69 at arcor.de>  
wrote:

> Hi Mezz,
>
> I found the problem myself:
>
> It's in the "/usr/local/share/gnome/gdm/defaults.conf" file, which  
> replaces the "gdm. conf" now (see gnome.org/projects/gdm). In there all  
> the paths that refer to "X" point to "/usr/X11R6/bin/X", which is wrong  
> now with xorg7.2. So I modified all paths in defaults.conf to  
> "/usr/local/bin/X" and now it works fine.
> A "dmesg -a" showed me this before: "gdm_server_spawn: Xserver not  
> found: /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -audit..."
> That's how I got the first idea what was wrong.
>
> As I said, I did a fresh install of all from the 6-stable packages, this  
> means that the gdm-package (and maybe other packages as well?) are not  
> properly compiled for use with the new xorg 7.2, although gnome2.18  
> installs the new xorg as a dependency.

When you did a fresh installation of xorg, you still should run the  
/usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh script. But, you have found a real  
bug that mergebase.sh (symlink of /usr/X11R6 -> /usr/local) made it blind.

> You need to report this to the packages-people, please.

Actually, gnome at FreeBSD.org is maintaining for gdm, so it's our job to do  
it. ;-) I have committed a fix in ports tree with bump. Thanks for report!

Cheers,
Mezz

> Greetings,
>
> Werner
>
>
>
> Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:40:37 -0500, Werner Lehmann <elvis69 at arcor.de>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Try to check what is in ~/.xsession-errors ..
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mezz
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Werner


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