Re: [TCLUG:8429] gdm on Sparc Linux

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Peter Lukas (peter@math.umn.edu):
> That's been happening with some of the newer gdm packages.  I suspect it
> to be a permissions issue (tail -f /var/gdm/:0.log and /var/log/messages
> both complain about /var/log/:0.*)  It should be set to :0.xauth although
> I haven't had enought time to investigate.

I straced the binary and with help from my friends in Australia, I found out
that I did not have the appropriate fonts installed.

Kind of irritating. First, it should not core :-), it should exit gracifully.
Second, it should LOG what the problem is. Third, a set of fallbacks would be
nice.
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