Sounds like you have config problems with Xorg.
A trick you can do, if you are unsure how to setup xorg.conf, is to boot from a bootable linux CD (like Knoppix) and, assuming that KDE does launch normally, just copy the /etc/X11/Xorg.conf over to your Gentoo install. You can then work from that template.
X -config did not work for me either...
Good luck,
MArc
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.
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
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