gdm-2.4.1.4 not launching

[Jesus Cash]

I just joined the list, so I don't know if it's exactly the same.

I just CVSUPed the port tree yesterday, so as far as I know and from 
what I can tell from the CVS-All list, I have the current GDM.

I have a fresh install of 5-Release, just did a very basic install. 
Added XFree86-4 via ports, then installed Gnome2.  When I try to start 
gdm manually or via /etc/ttys, I get the generic X desktop with no 
console windows, then it goes right back to the terminal prompt. I've 
tried with and without -nodaemon (some one I talked to said this is out 
dated now). I'll try to give you whatever diagnostic methods you might 
suggest, I've already glanced over these two messages I recieved on the 
issue, but I'm a little short on time right now.

Thanks for any help, or at least a good swift kick to the head.

-B

Glenn Johnson wrote:

>On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:07:28PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
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>>On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 12:06, Glenn Johnson wrote:
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>>>I do not have the original thread on this machine so am starting
>>>anew thread.  I said in the other gdm thread that I would check the
>>>machine at work that I just did a clean install on to see if the new
>>>gdm worked.
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>>>It does not.  I see the same result as on my home machine.  The
>>>gdm-binary process launches, the screen goes back to the console,
>>>and the gdm-binary process can only be killed with kill -9.
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>>>This was a fresh install of -CURRENT, FreeBSD
>>>5.1-BETA #0: Thu May 8 12:42:08 CDT 2003
>>>root at node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLUSTER-FW
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>>>I used the following command to install gdm and friends: portinstall
>>>-M BATCH=yes gnome2
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>>Please stick this patch in /usr/ports/x11/gdm2/files, and rebuild
>>gdm2.  Then, make sure gdm debugging is _OFF_, and try running gdm.
>>There should be some XXX messages printed to the console.  Please send
>>them to me.
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>Well, there is nothing to send.  Nothing printed out.
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