Olivier Laurent wrote: >Hi everybody, > >I'm tring to configure gdm to show faces in the face browser. > >After trying to figure out why there are no faces, I discovered that >gdm does not like zsh in /etc/passwd > >For example: >toto:x:1004:1004:,,,:/home/toto:/bin/zsh >tata:x:1005:1005:,,,:/home/tata:/bin/bash > >tata has a face but toto has not. > >If I change toto to have bash instead of zsh, the browser displays >toto's face. > >I'm using: > gdm 2.6.0.8-1 > zsh 4.2.0-10 > >I activated debug mode but it didn't help me. > >Do you have any clue on what's going on ? > > > Perhaps this page will help: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/postlfs/etcshells.html
which basically says that gdm checks the files in "/etc/shells" to make sure your shell if "valid"; if zsh is not in there, it won't be considered valid by gdm. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
