Re: xdm compliant with gnome?

[Jonathan <gardnerj pro-usa net>]

I was wondering. To upgrade to gdm2 via rpm is it just as simple as rpm -Uvh
and then it's up and running and I don't have to think of another thing, or are
there things I need to configure once it's done.
Also what's new with gdm2. I mean what are the advantages of having it. What
makes it "2"?

Jonathan

Chris Rouch wrote:

> If you're using the gnome that came with redhat 6.0, upgrade to October
> gnome. I had a similar problem with 6.0, where gdm went bad and despite
> trying hints from this list and that I found on dejanews, it never
> worked again. Upgrading, in particular to gdm2, fixed this problem.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> ywangz@eecs.umich.edu wrote:
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > I am having some trouble with putting gnome to work in RH6. If I log in as
> > user at the login window and try this on the xterm: (press F1 after
> > passwd)
>  I
> > noticed the gdm in /usr/X11/bin/ however. as I change the xdm to gdm in
> > the following line:
> > x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon
> > no window can pop up with an error message like:
> > window spawning too fast, halt for 5 minutes (whatever)
> >
> > I have not found anything helpful in the FAQs, could someone kindly give
> > me some help?
> > 1.) what is the gdm for?
> > 2.) how to I load gnome properly, I put those three lines in .xinitrc and
> > apparently they kicked me out while logging in.
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > yao
> >
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