pat wrote: >Hi all, > >I want to use gdm as display manager, so I emerged the gdm and the rest of the >gnome (precisely gnome-light) and followed the instruction in documentation >(gnome-config.xml). > >After restart the gdm comes up but after typing user name (trying root - I >know its risky on the net, but I just playing), an error dialog appers with >message "Authentication failed". I look at gdm log but there is nothing :-( > >Could someone help ??? > >Thanks > > Pat > >P.S. System is Gentoo 2004.3, kernel 2.6.10, gnome 2.8.2. > > > >
If you are using -pam, then you need a patch for gdm before it will work. I switched to xdm so I can keep my -pam without having to worry about a patch. -- Kathy Wills +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Genealogy Web Site: http://www.brannanorwills.com + + + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
