GDM Login Screen Not Displaying [SOLVED]

jteddy · n00b Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 20

I recently upgraded two gentoo machines, and both of them are now not displaying the GDM login screen. They both get to the stage where you get a greay screen and the black X mouse cursor like if its trying to load.

I have re-emerged gdm, one machine the compile breaks, and the other one completes without a problem. Although still the same problem.

Has anyone encountered this?

Thanks.

jteddy · n00b Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 20

I have done some more searching, and found the below link which I will try first.

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-535649-highlight-gdm.html

jteddy · n00b Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 20

I found the answer to this on an European gentoo link, which I have now misplaced. It was just sym-linking a library.

I will track it down again.

DukeofMilan · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:28 am Post subject:

It's libdbus that needs relinking.

/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.2 -> /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3.2.0

Was the symlink needed, but revdep-rebuild fixed it for me without the need for manually linking them.