Greeter application missing (??) gdm login ?

[James]

On 10/29/07, Gary Kline <kline at tao.thought.org> wrote:
>
>         Well, I managed to hose my gnome config *thoroughly*.  Can
>         anybody clue me in how to set things right?
>
>         /home is now where /usr/home was before.  I have a dummy
>         acccolunt that when I typr (as root) kdm, KDE starts up.
>         But trying gdm (or automating this in /etc/rc.conf) gets me
>         nowhere.  I deleted ~/.gnome2 thinking that itwould be rebuilt on
>         my next login. Nope.  --i Also messed with the login screen
>         andnow I see a large daisy on the lower right.  There is a dialog
>         about my missing some files in /var/tmp.
>
>         Any/all insights welcome here!
>
>         gary
>
>
>
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Have you tried following the handbook's setup tips again?

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html

I don't *imagine* that'll get it, and you should make sure that your xinitrc
doesn't contain two copies of the line, but it mightn't be bad to start at
the beginning.

James