So I just got slackware 9.0 installed with gnome 2 and I decided to start using the gdm since this computer is used by a lot of people and the friendlier it is, the better. . . But for some reason I can't get gnome to load from the gdm. Gnome will load when I run startx without any problems, but if I try to get in from the gdm it loads standard xwindows, not gnome.
What the bloody, bloody, bloody, bloody hell is causing this? I've tried reinstalling gdm, but that didn't work at all (slackware's packages seem to be more than a little flaky). . . Thanks in advance. :-)

Also, how do I get my mousewheel to work? I'm using a standard logitech wheel mouse, and I can't get imwheel to install for various reasons relating to tex (I have no idea why it needs tex to run, but it does). Thanks again. :-)

I should also note that I can load failsafe gnome from the gdm.

for the mouse, i think in your XF86Config file, you should use one of these protocols:

Section "Pointer"
Protocol "imps/2" # for ps/2 wheel mouse
or
Protocol "intellimouse" # for serial wheel mouse

see http://koala.ilog.fr/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/

can you get any other window manager to load from the gdm?

(I'm assuming when you say GDM, its the gnome display manager right?)

I am using the gnome display manager, yes. I can't get any other wm's to load. I'm also running it at startup from rc.local. As in, I just put the command in my rc.local file. Is there a better way to do this? Could it be the source of the problem?

I'm a bit of a n00b but for my Logitech USB mousein XF86Config I used the after the mouse protocol line (imps/2 incidentally) to get the wheel going and also had to create a symlinkCheers

pbhj

Does Slackware have chkconfig? I don't remember, its been too long (I use Mandrake)

I don't know, I'm at work now so I won't be able to check until I get home. . . I imagine I can download it if it would be helpful. What does chkconfig do?

Well in Mandrake its used to list/add/remove services that run on start up in each runlevel...its pretty handy.

I'll have to look into that. Perhaps it'd be better than just tossing things into rc.local. Ehe. :-)

First off, you shouldn't normally be running GDM from rc.local.
That's what you've got runlevels for in /etc/inittab. Notice the line
'id:3:initdefault' or something similar to that? Well that's telling
your system that you want to start in text mode, if you don't (which you don't)
then you should change that to a 4 (assuming slack hasn't changed the runlevels)
and remove your entry in rc.local From there, to get gdm instead of kdm/xdm to
be your display manager of choice you will need to either edit /etc/rc.d/rc.4 (this is all from slack 8.1 so hopefully it hasn't changed)
and either re-arrange your display manager preference, placing gdm above kdm, OR
chmod a-x /usr/bin/kdm which will remove the exec bit for the kdm and force rc.4 to move onto gdm.

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All right, so gdm is loaded properly now, but the problem with gnome remains. . . Is there a gdm config file someplace?

Yes, but I'm sure it's just calling your xinitrc. Use xwmconfig to select your chosen window manager.

If that doesn't work post back. For the config for gdm check in /etc/X11

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I've run xwmconfig a few times, gnome is the only option and it's selected.

Any idea where in X11?

Possibly Sessions if it's there. I don't use/have installed gdm so I really cannot tell you. kdm is a far better tool IMHO, so I choose not the regress

Also, check the settings in xdm, they might have some info for you.

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