On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:28 PM, walt <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 01/31/2012 02:53 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > having updated xorg-server from 1.11.3 to 1.11.4 my machine runs havoc.
> >
> > xdm or slim start as usual, but having entered my password I get a
> > blank screen or some colored strips and the only escape is via the
> > famous SysRq sequence.
> >
> > But, disabling xdm, logging in via a console and using startx,
> > Xorg is coming up normally and runs normally.
> >
> > Of course, I've re-emerged everything in x11-drivers.
> >
> > Has anybody made a similar experience and has somebody an explanation
> > for this?
>
> Does xdm leave log files in /var/log? (I don't know)  Maybe there is
> something old/invalid in /etc/X11 directing xdm to do something stupid.
> Did you try re-emerging xdm?  And revdep-rebuild, naturally.
>
>
>
kdm was crashing on my box after:

eselect qtgraphicssystem set 2   (setting opengl)

After changing it to native, and without rebuilding anything, kdm is
running fine.


-- 
  Andrés Becerra Sandoval

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