Windowed gdm is not working, but xnest works :?

I can use Xnest just fine, but gdmXnest, gdmflexyserver -xnest and gdmthemetester don't work, any ideas?
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gdmflexiserver -xnest:
~% gdmflexiserver -xnest
gdmflexiserver[2511]: WARNING: Unable to open a display
gdmXnest
~% gdmXnest
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Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
gdmthemechooser
~% gdmthemetester console archer-black
GDM Theme Tester
Be sure to test all the environments:
console, console-timed, flexi, remote-flexi, xdmcp
Also be sure to test using caps lock
(gdmgreeter:2529): Gdk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Last edited by Phrodo_00 (2008-01-07 00:36:56)

Ah, apparently there was a bug report to do with this (or the gdmflexiserver -n part at least), it's #8409.
In your /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf add the Xnest command to the line with "Xnest=" on it. It should look like:
Xnest=/usr/bin/Xnest -audit 0 -name Xnest
To get a menu entry for it (under applications->system tools), change the "TryExec=" line in /usr/share/gdm/applications/gdmflexiserver-xnest.desktop to (it's near the bottom):
TryExec=/usr/bin/Xnest
Works perfectly for me now

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