empty GDM list

[Andrew W. Nosenko]

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 22:59, Sean Cavanaugh <Millenia2000 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> This is on a fresh install of 8.0-AMD64 and ports install of gnome 2.28. no modifications have been done
>
> When GDM loads up, the window only shows my computer icon and the "restart" and "Shut Down" buttons. there is no area at all to either select a user account or even to manually type one in.
>
> what files do I need to parse to check why this is happening? or does someone know a reason that would cause this?

Whether you have procfs mounted?  It is required (or at least was
required) for proper functioning PolicyKit, and, therefore many parts
of GNOME, including GDM.

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Andrew W. Nosenko <andrew.w.nosenko at gmail.com>