empty GDM list

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 00:19 +0200, Andrew W. Nosenko wrote:
> 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.

Yes, it is required.  You should also check /var/log/messages for more
details.

Joe

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