On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Willie <matthews.wil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop > manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am > having is when I login I can't open any Windows. The only one that has open > without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC. > > Any help is greatly appreciated.
Be sure to "emerge --oneshot @x11-module-rebuild" after upgrading xorg stuff. Drivers might be out of sync and maybe that's causing your pain. Try to delete/rename your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and see if that makes a difference. Modern Xorg can start a basic environment without it. Try to run "startx" as a user instead of using xdm and see if you get any better errors/logs. If you have another computer/device SSH into your problematic computer before starting X so you can see if it's still alive, just unresponsive at the local terminal. Maybe then you can see logs and stuff. revdep-rebuild just to ensure everything is consistent on your system.
