gdm doesn't allow username input

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 16:42, Mark Zytkovicz wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 16:08, Mark Zytkovicz wrote:
> > > This is a strange one.
> > > 
> > > I've just finished a massive port upgrade on 5.0-release.
> > > I logged out of gnome (probably shouldn't have even
> > > been there, but whatever) and it noted that the versions
> > > of gdm were different, restart gdm or reboot.  I figure
> > > it was as good a time as any to reboot.
> > > 
> > > Well, gdm comes up and asks for the password - no username.
> > > Nothing I type gets me anywhere.  I can go through the
> > > menus and enter the root password to configure the login
> > > manager, but I never get asked to enter the username, just
> > > the password.
> > > 
> > > I've checked google, bsdforums and current, and haven't
> > > seen any mention of it.  I have gdm2 as of Jan5, and can't
> > > get into a server right now to cvsup.
> > > 
> > > Any thoughts?
> > 
> > Upgrade to at least 5.1-RELEASE (5.2-RC preferred).  GNOME is 
> > no longer
> > supported on 5.0-RELEASE.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> 
> Thanks Joe.  That was the plan - actually, to go up to current,
> but I was trying to tidy up ports first.
> 
> Where would I find this info, and how can I make sure I find
> out when it happens again?  Or is it just general knowledge
> and I've missed it?

http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/ is more or less the bible when it comes to
GNOME on FreeBSD.  Of course, watching the mailing list and/or the IRC
channel doesn't hurt, either.

Joe

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -MarkZ
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