Have you tried the following
Xorg -configure X -config /root/xorg.conf.new cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I had the same problem first on my new and first installation. But after that it worked well. Your useflags are ok if you want to use both kde and gnome.
Uwe
ME wrote:
Yes, you definitively have to configure Xorg before you can run Gnome or KDE.
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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