Re: gdm

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis users sourceforge net>]

You can go ahead and remove gdm.  Those other packages listed aren't
real packages.  They're 'meta' packages used to install all the needed
files.

Also, it's been a while since I've used Ximian packages, but on Debian
(which I'm assuming you're on) the testing/unstable GDM packages *may*
be more recent, and might have the bug you're experiencing fixed.

I don't really know what enhancements Ximian makes to their packages,
but Debian guys have excellent GNOME packages (even for, say,
red-carpet) and in unstable branch they're usually way more up to date
than Ximian (at least in past Ximian has been slow, I don't know about
now).  I'd suggest using those packages if you run into lots of bugs
from out dated software.

On 24 Aug 2001 01:52:57 +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> On 23 Aug 2001 03:29:08 +0200, An-Dee wrote:
> > Hello
> > 
> >   I have just installed ximian, but I have a big problem.
> >   I installed it with dselect. I have never use kdm or gdm or etc.,
> >   but because of dependencies dselect installed gdm, but after a
> >   reboot, I got a login (gdm) prompt but I cannot use my keyboard, so
> >   the only way I can log in is ssh.
> >   I tried the remove gdm but it is not possible because of
> >   dependencies:
> > 
> 
> I had a similar problem, so I just put 
> 
> exit 0
> 
> on a line by itself after the line that looks like this:
> 
> #! /bin/sh
> 
> in the gdm startup script.
> 
> 
> That way I don't need to deal with gdm.
> 
> --
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
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