new install GDM wrong path..

jinn · 2006-09-01 14:58:39

Hey,

I had this exactly problem when installing gdm half year ago.. i cant see why it hasnt been fixed..

When installing gdm, gdmsetup ends up here:
/opt/gnome/sbin/gdmsetup

which makes problems.. since the system wont find it when running through terminal or gnome menu..

This doenst seem to be a big problem, since i can ln -s the correct stuff to /sbin/ but why doesnt it end up in the correct place in the first place?

Now that i have ln -s gdmsetup to /sbin and run gdmsetup from terminal i get this:

[jinn@Estergon share]$ gdmsetup 

(gdmsetup:9679): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
        Using the fallback 'C' locale.
  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.

apparantly the conf file is not either where it should be..

Please let me know that i have been doing something wrong, because i dont understand why this problem hasnt been fixed..

ingvildr · 2006-09-01 15:16:03

1. have you setup your locales in /etc/locale.gen?
2. you have to run gdmsetup as root
3. you could just add /opt/gnome/sbin too your $PATH

jinn · 2006-09-01 15:41:20

My locale.gen:
sv_SE.UTF-8 UTF-8
sv_SE ISO-8859-1

Its good that you mention the locales.. this is what i get when running something from terminal:
[jinn@Estergon ~]$ gvim /etc/locale.gen

(gvim:9970): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
[jinn@Estergon ~]$

I havent figured out why...

thanks

jinn · 2006-09-01 15:44:48

Just compiled in these:
[jinn@Estergon ~]$ sudo locale-gen
Generating locales...
en_US.ISO-8859-1... done
en_US.UTF-8... done
sv_SE.UTF-8... done
sv_SE.ISO-8859-1... done

thought of adding the en_US might be neccessary.

can you give me quick commands to add it to the my PATH.. yet this doesnt really answer my question of why it is not working directly without small fixes after install.

ingvildr · 2006-09-01 15:52:24

add this to your ~/.bashrc

PATH=$PATH:/opt/gnome/sbin

jinn · 2006-09-01 22:36:50

thanks. works fine now.

Arch Linux

#1 2006-09-01 14:58:39

new install GDM wrong path..

#2 2006-09-01 15:16:03

Re: new install GDM wrong path..

#3 2006-09-01 15:41:20

Re: new install GDM wrong path..

#4 2006-09-01 15:44:48

Re: new install GDM wrong path..

#5 2006-09-01 15:52:24

Re: new install GDM wrong path..

#6 2006-09-01 22:36:50

Re: new install GDM wrong path..

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