Jim Bevier wrote:
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Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: Fedora Core 5 Test Update: gdm-2.14.4-1.fc5.2
On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 10:51 -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 12:10:40PM -0400, Benjy Grogan wrote:
>
> To fix the problem I had to first 'chmod +w
> /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf' as root and then replace all instances
> of '/usr/X11R6/bin' to '/usr/bin' in defaults.conf.
That is precisely what I suggested NOT to do. Instead of changing
/usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf you can override settings in
/etc/gdm/custom.conf. Both to fix some mistakes and to make your
own changes. This is exactly why you have the later file.
'defaults.conf' will get clobbered on the next update.
> I guess the latest GDM rpm is borked then?
Indeed. In no uncertain terms.
Michal
At least the changes to /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf will revert back to
default (hopefully correct) on the next update,
whereas /etc/gdm/custom.conf will not (I assume).
Therefore, change /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf for the workaround
and /etc/gdm/custom.conf for customization.
Bob...
You can also do a workaround by doing a 'ln -s ../../bin/X X' in the
/usr/X11R6/bin directory.
Jim
Or yum erase gdm, which I did.
At first symptom, a respawning gdm, I ran system-config-display thinking
it was a problem with the xorg-updates. X started with startx.
Upon the next reboot, gdm crashed again.
Anyway, other factors are broken with gdm. One of the problems is to
configure auto-login and probably other features as well.
I noticed gdm is updated within the last development updates. Is it safe
to install again?
Jim Cornette
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