On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:41:33 -0500 Dennis Taylor 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.
You have X going, congratulations. Now move /root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.config Now choose in /etc/rc.conf which login manager you wish to use. Then start X /etc/init.d/xdm start you should get a login dialog in X, follow your nose from there. > > Do I need the X server for Gnome and/or KDE? If so, any ideas? Yes most definitely > > 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 > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch <http://www.rout.co.nz> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [email protected] mailing list
