gdm-2.4.1.4 not launching

Glenn Johnson gjohnson at srrc.ars.usda.gov
Sat May 10 21:40:57 PDT 2003


On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 01:43:19AM -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote:

> On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:41:47PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 13:28, Glenn Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:07:28PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > > Well, there is nothing to send.  Nothing printed out.
> >
> > There was only one code change made between 2.4.1.3 and 2.4.1.4,
> > and those debug messages wrap it.  However, g_warning might not be
> > sufficient for gdm.  Try this one.  You'll need to turn on full gdm
> > debugging, though.
>
> Well, version 2.4.1.3 works just fine.  I have that version installed
> now.  It seems like most of the differences, other than the language
> support, are in the Makefiles and configure scripts.  Something must
> be getting built incorrectly for version 2.4.1.4.

The attached patch to ltmain.sh gets gdm-2.4.1.4 working for me.

-- 
Glenn Johnson
glennpj at charter.net


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