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miggols99

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 424

GDM user list not working...

I have been having problems with users not showing up in the user list. When I get to gdm, there is a grey box where the users should be. I have put the users in the "Include" in the configuration. I get an error when I shutdown. How can I find it?

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miggols99

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 424

Re: GDM user list not working...

*Bump*

EDIT: When I shutdown I get an error about gdm.pid not existing...

Last edited by miggols99 (2007-12-02 14:24:15)

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decaturguy

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-11-28

Posts: 117

Re: GDM user list not working...

*Bump*

EDIT: When I shutdown I get an error about gdm.pid not existing...

Hi miggols99!

This is know problem with gdm http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8125
Don't use the daemon startup method, use init levels.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GDM … _run-level

pelle.k

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From: Åre, Sweden (EU)

Registered: 2006-04-30

Posts: 667

Re: GDM user list not working...

Hi miggols99. What on earth are you doing with a gnome setup!? I thought KDE was your thing...
The gdm error message is because of *some* upstream thing acting up. Nothing to worry about though.

Use a themed gdm chooser (with userlist) instead. You shouldn't have to put the users in include. Edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf (to overide defaults.conf);

[daemon]
Greeter=/usr/lib/gdm/gdmgreeter

[greeter]
## put themes under /usr/share/gdm/themes/
GraphicalTheme=WhateverDirName

take a look at gnome-look.org for gdm themes.

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miggols99

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 424

Re: GDM user list not working...

Hi miggols99. What on earth are you doing with a gnome setup!? I thought KDE was your thing...
The gdm error message is because of *some* upstream thing acting up. Nothing to worry about though.

Use a themed gdm chooser (with userlist) instead. You shouldn't have to put the users in include. Edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf (to overide defaults.conf);

[daemon]
Greeter=/usr/lib/gdm/gdmgreeter

[greeter]
## put themes under /usr/share/gdm/themes/
GraphicalTheme=WhateverDirName

take a look at gnome-look.org for gdm themes.

Yes I would like to replace Gnome with KDE on this old computer. I'll switch when KDEmod puts KDE4 as default. Gnome seems to be a little sluggish on here. I put it on here because Ubuntu was on it before and everyone was used to Gnome, and I was busy on my other computer discovering KDE. I'm a KDE fanatic

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Reasons

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From: Washington

Registered: 2007-11-04

Posts: 572

Re: GDM user list not working...

While this is a bit old . . .

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-46 … bf#4606241

azleifel

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Registered: 2007-10-28

Posts: 486

Re: GDM user list not working...

While this is a bit old . . .

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-46 … bf#4606241

Aha!  I used to wonder why the System menu offered to "Log Out david..." but the following dialog would tell me that I was logged in as "Unknown".