[gdm-list] gdmsetup, custom.conf, gdm.conf

[Terry <tman exemail com au>]

Greetings.  I tried to search the list archives for 'gdmsetup' and the 
term was not recognised.

I use Xfce on Pclinuxos 2007.  I have not been able to run 'gdmsetup' 
since enabling the 'accessibility' option which prevented me from doing 
a normal boot.  I had to do a single user log-in and change the log-in 
manager to KDM.  I uninstalled GDM and reinstalled it without success.  
If I try running 'gdmsetup' as root from the command line, I get:

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# gdmsetup
 Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
 Trying failed command again.  Try 2 of 5.
 Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
 Trying failed command again.  Try 3 of 5.
 Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
 Trying failed command again.  Try 4 of 5.
 Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
 Trying failed command again.  Try 5 of 5.
 Command failed 5 times, aborting.
Could not access GDM configuration file.
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I've looked and looked and can see no reason why it should not "access 
GDM configuration file".

I've run config from the log-in screen and chose to give users the right 
to change fonts but no such option appears in the log-in screen.  The 
font in the text box on the log-in screen is too small.

So, I thought I'd turn my hand to configuring the *conf file/s.  In 
custom.conf I find the statement:

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# Older versions of GDM used the "gdm.conf" file for configuration.  If your
# system has an old gdm.conf file on the system, it will be used instead of
# this file - so changes made to this file will not take effect.  Consider
# migrating your configuration to this file and removing the gdm.conf file.
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First, how do I "[migrate my] configuration to" custom.conf? 

Secondly, can anyone suggest a reason why I cannot run 'gdmsetup'?

cheers,

Terry