On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Mark Knecht<markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm not getting anywhere with X, and the scripts themselves seem to be >> screwed up. >> I've re-emerged x11-apps/xinit to no avail, and I'm current with >> revdep-rebuild. I have no idea what else to try. >> >> Here's a transcript; no log is created in /var/log/Xorg.0.log so I >> don't think I have any further information: >> >> Script started on Wed 08 Jul 2009 09:00:25 AM PDT >> treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm stop >> * Stopping xdm ... >> /sbin/start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory >> (No such file or directory) >> [ ok ] >> treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm zap >> * Manually resetting xdm to stopped state. >> treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm start >> * Setting up xdm ... >> start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory (No >> such file or directory) >> * ERROR: could not start the Display Manager [ >> ok ] >> treat ~ # exit >> >> Script done on Wed 08 Jul 2009 09:00:53 AM PDT >> >> >> -- >> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD >> >> > > So is xdm emerged? Seems strange.
xdm comes from xinit, which is emerged. > Are you using gnome by chance? You can change the display manager you > choose inside of /etc/conf.d/xdm where I set gdm. emerge gdm and for > me it just works. Back in May, when this was working, it booted into KDE. However, /etc/conf.d/xdm seems to be set to start "xdm", which is loopy. When I change it to kde, it's says it's starting kde, but nothing happens and the log says no devices detected and no screens found. > > Good luck, > Mark Thanks. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
