Hi, This is what I use to start kde on boot.
I let the xdm startup script launch kdm for me. localhost ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/xdm # Tell X to always start on VT7. Otherwise it autodetects the first available # VT, which means it has to wait until all gettys are started so it doesn't suck # up a VT that should have had a login prompt (very slow). # If XSTATICVT is on, the login manager will start as soon as possible during # the boot process. If you want X to dynamically start on the first unoccupied # VT after all gettys have started and you are using xdm, also remove the "vt7" # from /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers. XSTATICVT="yes" # What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm | entrance ] # NOTE: If this is set in /etc/rc.conf, that setting will override this one. DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" The XSESSION variable in /etc/rc.conf is commented. I then have xdm start in the default runlevel. localhost ~ # rc-update show default ... xdm | default to add use 'rc-update add xdm default' as root localhost ~ # rc-update add xdm default I also have this session script in /etc/X11/Sessions: localhost ~ # cat /etc/X11/Sessions/kde-3.5 #!/bin/sh exec /usr/kde/3.5/bin/startkde Hope this helps, Craig PS. My First Post To This List! Hello Everyone! On Wednesday 15 November 2006 00:32, Daevid Vincent wrote: > This seems like a newb question. I've been using my Gentoo for a few years > now, and since X/KDE/Gnome/etc. never seemed to be quite stable, I always > booted into command lines and then manually 'startx' JICSH. > > But I find myself almost always doing that these days, so I suppose it's > time to make the plunge so that X starts when I boot up. I'm still a bit > worried about hibernation (which I don't have working anyways - yet), I > recall there were issues with nvidia and suspending to HD/RAM if you were > in X. That could be old news? > > Anyways, I can't get this to work. When I boot up, the screen is BLACK. Not > just back-lit black, but like there's no power black. If I CTRL+ALT+1, I > get to a shell prompt. > > Here are some interesting areas: > > * kde-base/kde > Latest version available: 3.5.5 > Latest version installed: 3.5.5 > > locutus ~ # ll /etc/X11/Sessions/ > total 28 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 14 16:01 . > drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Oct 23 18:02 .. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2464 Nov 8 17:31 Gnome > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2187 Oct 23 16:56 Xsession > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Apr 26 2006 icewm > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41 Nov 8 16:19 kde-3.5 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29 Aug 20 2004 xfce > > locutus ~ # cat /etc/inittab > ... > # Default runlevel. > id:5:initdefault: > # That was '3' before and I thought I remembered it was supposed to be '5' > ?! > > locutus daevid # cat /home/daevid/.xinitrc > exec startkde > > locutus daevid # cat /etc/rc.conf > XSESSION="kde-3.5" > DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" > > locutus daevid # rc-update show > ... > xdm | default > ... > > > ÐÆ5ÏÐ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list