Thanks for the forum.
I have installed gnome after installing Ghostbsd mate. With lightdm things seem OK. But not with gdm.
I get to the login screen with gdm enabled in rc.conf . There are 2 issues - maybe related.
I get a well-known message after (repeatedly) entering password ; Failed to set user credentials. I gather this is usually due to PAM configuration, which I cover below.
There is no option for login to Mate. So I TTY to edit rc.conf and enable lightdm, then reboot for access to gnome.
My etc/pam.d files for gdm are:
- gdm-autologin:
auth required pam_permit.so
account required pam_unix.so
session required pam_permit.so
session optional pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start
- gdm-password:
`auth sufficient pam_unix.so no_warn try_first_pass nullok
auth required pam_deny.so
account required pam_unix.so
password required pam_unix.so no_warn try_first_pass nullok
session required pam_permit.so
session optional pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start`
I have renamed the gdm_disabled file to gdm_disabled_old. There are no other gdm files in /etc/pam.d/.
Using Grok/Chatgpt for solutions - which are not always correct - I have checked for installs such as the keyring.
Is there something obvious I am missing! Or should I just settle for lightdm.
Thanks for Ghostbsd. Without you I would never be on a journey to Freebsd!