lost gdm screen

Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Thu Jul 21 14:25:42 GMT 2005


Trey Sizemore <trey at fastmail.fm> writes:

> On 20 Jul 2005 09:35:53 -0400
> Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> 
> > Trey Sizemore <trey at fastmail.fm> writes:
> > 
> > > Or to be more precise, after an upgrade of gdm, when I log in I get
> > > an error message that the config file contains an error (or
> > > unrecognized command) and that it will use the default.
> > > 
> > > I'm then presented with the default gdm login screen rather than the
> > > 'more stylish' version I had previously.
> > > 
> > > What changed that the previous gdm.conf file is no longer valid?
> > > How do I get the 'nice' gdm screen back?
> > 
> > Fix the error in the config file.
> > 
> > The gdm log file will probably tell you what the error is.
> 
> Where is the gdm log file located?

I don't know; I don't use it.  Try locate(1).
The xdm log file is /var/log/xdm.log by default.


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