Re: Replacement/Reinstatement for x11/gdm needed

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 at 11:48, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi <nervoso%k1.com.br@localhost> wrote:
>
> I have gdm-2.18.4 working for 10.99.4 AMD64 X11 MUST be from NATIVE, NOT MODULAR
> while on root, You can try...
> export PKG_PATH=http://netbsd.k1.com.br/NetBSD-x86_64-10.0/packages
> pkg_add -Uv gdm
>
> than edit the /usr/pkg/etc/gdm/custom.conf, line 97, 98 change from inactive to active....
> edit/insert gdm=YES in /etc/rc.conf
> start the gdm===> service gdm start, you will get the gdm login... it is working since EVER....
> gdm will NOT login on root of uid=0, so create your user and password if your user belongs to
> the operator group, you will be able to reset/shutdown the machine...
>
> If you want to try mate-desktop...=> pkg_add -Uv mate
> if you want to try a full mate-desktop => pkg_add -Uv mate-lzt
> to make sure it works, I recommend installing from a clean pkg
> so ... pkg_delete -f '*' will remove ALL packages, whithout disturb the system
> and then install the mate-full or the smaller mate-pkg
> make sure X is working...
> it install about 870 packages,

Excellent - did you need to make any changes to gdm from pkgsrc-wip?

It sounds like it might be in a state to potentially import it into main pkgsrc?

Thanks

David