On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:41:33 -0500, Dennis Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have read the DOCs, but I am missing something. I want to run X-windows on > my Gentoo box (2.6.10-gentoo-r6), but so far have been unsuccessful. It is > unclear to me whether Gnome or KDE need me to first install Xorg. When Gnome > would not emerge without error, I tried first emerging/configuring Xorg-X11, > but it will not configure correctly for me. When I run X -config, it > produces a file with an extra horizontal synch line that is all corrupted. > When I remove it, then X -config /root/xorg.conf.new will start and show a > "dotted" background like I remember from years ago using XFree86. The mouse > works because moving it around moves the mouse pointer (X). I can only get > out of it with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, and that leaves my monitor unreadable. > > Do I need the X server for Gnome and/or KDE? If so, any ideas? > > My use flags are as follows: > > USE="gtk gnome qt kde dvd alsa cdr nptl nptlonly" > > I did an emerge --sync last week. > Dennis Taylor
Hi Dennis, Do another sync emerge sync and then do your emerge gnome. Hopefully yuo'll be OK. Xorg needs to be emerged but it does not need to be configured to emerge gnome. We can deal with the xorg.conf problems when you show us what it did. Here's my current flags for one machine: USE="nvidia 3dnow nptl nptlonly tiff gimp gimpprint ppds usb jack jack-caps jack-tmpfs alsa dvd dvdread dvdr X" Take them with a grain of salt. Cheers, Mark -- [email protected] mailing list
