[wellylug] Gnome GDM issues

Pizbit pizbit at neko.net.nz
Sat Jun 26 19:31:45 NZST 2004


What about gdmflexiserver ?

Jethro Carr wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> I've got a big problem with GDM (Gnome Display Manager).
> 
> I'm using version GDM-2.6.0.0, on a custom compiled system and a recent
> version of X.org.
> 
> For some reason, when it starts, it states that it could not start the
> gdmgreeter program, and then exits.
> 
> When examining the error output I got:
> (gdmgreeter:26432): Gtk-WARNING**: cannot open display
> 
> I belive it might be because of it being unable to start the display
> from the console. Does anyone have any idea on how to to this? I know
> that distro's like redhat do it.
> 
> 
> Any help/hints/ideas would be great.
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 


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Leo/Pizbit




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