You should edit this file: /etc/conf.d/xdm . Change the DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" to DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm". then: sudo rc-update add xdm default .
2012/9/26 Allan Gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> > I am building a new installation and must have messed up a step as gdm > doesn't start from boot > > If I manually execute > eselect rc restart xdm > I get > > Sep 25 20:10:51 newlap gnome-keyring-daemon[2106]: couldn't create socket > directory: No such file or directory > Sep 25 20:10:51 newlap gnome-keyring-daemon[2106]: couldn't bind to > control socket: /root/.cache/keyring-dJpHuM/control: No such file or > directory > > which appears to be the problem and can also be found in /log/messages > > I have installed xorg-x11, xdm and gnome and /var/log/Xorg.0.log looks > OK. The only complaints are failing to load vesa, modsetting, and > fbdev drivers. However, the intel driver loads fine. > > /var/log/dmesg ends with entries saying that EXT4-fs mounted > filesystems. No gdm/xdm/X/keyring complaints. > > What step did I miss? > > thanks, > allan > >
