GDM does not start anymore in gnome2.18

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:40:37 -0500, Werner Lehmann <elvis69 at arcor.de>  
wrote:

> I did a fresh install of FreeBSD6.2, Xorg7.2 and gnome 2.18 from the  
> 6-stable-packages, my xserver is properly configured, but when I type  
> "gdm" at the prompt as root (xserver not started), nothing happens, like  
> before in gnome 2.16 or 2.14, not even a message. It just looks like  
> this:
>
> # gdm
> #
>
> The gdm daemon seems to be running though, because if you type "gdm"  
> again at the prompt, You get:
>
> # gdm
> # GDM already running. Aborting!
>
>
> Something must have changed with gdm in gnome 2.18, but that issue is  
> not covered in the gnome2.18 Installation Instructions.
> I don't know how to start gdm/gnome now.
>
> I posted that question in bsdforums.org also and got the following  
> response so far:
>
> "Try to install gnome instead from packages from ports
> Packages are not for 7.2 xorg yet so several problems may arrive."
>
> I don't know if that is true, as I want to believe that the  
> 6-stable-packages are coherent with each other.
>
>
> Please help and update the Gnome Installation Instructions if/as needed.

Try to check what is in ~/.xsession-errors ..

Cheers,
Mezz

> Thanks,
>
> Werner


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