GhostBSD does not officially offer or support GNOME. While GNOME can be installed via packages, official support is limited to MATE, and the community offers support for XFCE. Currently, no one in the GhostBSD community is actively maintaining or supporting GNOME either. However, some community volunteers here might be able to assist.
I suspect the issue is related to the display manager. Since you're using GNOME, it's recommended to replace LightDM with GDM (GNOME Display Manager), which is better suited for GNOME.
To do this on GhostBSD, follow these steps:
Install GDM: sudo pkg install gdm
Enable GDM in /etc/rc.conf: First, disable LightDM: sudo sysrc lightdm_enable="NO"
Then, enable GDM: sudo sysrc gdm_enable="YES"
Reboot your computer: sudo reboot
If this doesn't help, could you share the exact error message you received?
