XDM vs GDM idiotic problem

Craig_Williamson · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2003 Posts: 65 Location: New Zealand

Hi All,

I just installed Gnome2.2.0 and put gdm as the default login manager in /etc/rc.conf. As per the desktop installation guide.

# What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm ]
DISPLAYMANAGER=gdm

I then used the script 'rc-update add xdm default', as per the desktop guide. This is where the problem started. Upon reboot it literally loaded up XDM, not GDM.

I know this seems idiotic, but was I supposed to go 'rc-update add gdm default'?. RTFM did not help in this case. If this is the case how can I change it so it does work? If you can help, thanks in advance.

barlad · l33t Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 673

nah the script to use is xdm. Did you try to launch gdm from the console to make sure it works ?
If not then.. hm is not there a xdm error log? You may try to look into it to check if it reports anything about gdm.
Personally, I only had to put gdm in the concerned line of rc.conf and it worked so I cannot help you much, sorry.

mglauche · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2003 8:58 pm Post subject:

is gdm installed correctly ? (i.e. is there a /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf ?)

Craig_Williamson · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2003 Posts: 65 Location: New Zealand

Hi All,

Yes. GDM is installed correctly. I can manually kill X/xdm and then run gdm from the command line. Hope this helps.

Chickpea · l33t Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 846 Location: Vancouver WA

Probably you already did this...but just in case, did you uncomment the DISPLAYMANAGER=gdm part?

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