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Re: gdm config error



On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 04:21:34PM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:37:27 -0400
> Rick Pasotto <rick@niof.net> wrote:
> 
> > When I logout and gdm restarts I get the following requestor:
> > 
> > --------------
> > Configuration Is Not Correct
> > 
> > The configuration file contains an invalid command line for the login
> > dialog, so running the default command. Please fix your configuration.
> > --------------
> > 
> > 1. What configuration file is it talking about?
> > 2. How can I find the offending line?
> > 
> 
> The file is /etc/gdm/gdm.conf. I don't know what the "command line for
> the login dialog" is. If you are unable to find the offending line,
> you can restore the default gdm configuration by deleting the file.
> Then you can run gdmsetup to customise gdm again. 

The problem was that gdmlogin and gdmgreeter were moved from /usr/bin
(which was referenced in the default config) to /usr/lib/gdm.

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