[wellylug] Gnome GDM issues

[Chris Targett]

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,
 >
It may say Unable to open display. But is that what the full Xfree86.log error
gives?