walt <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/13/2013 04:06 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > When I start gdm, I get a message on the screen which says oh no, > > something has gone wrong. > > If I had a bitcoin for every time I've seen that message I could buy > all of us a beer. Maybe two :) > > > The log file is at > > http://pastebin.com/qwNE7ee6 -- I would appreciate any help. > > There are no obvious problems in your Xorg log, so the real error > is not logged there. I don't use gdm so I'm not sure where those > errors are logged. Anyone? > > The main reason I don't like using one of the *dm display managers > is exactly to avoid this sort of PITA where you can't even see the > real error messages. That's why I use startx instead. > > Anyway, the trick *I* would try is to add the gentoo=nox kernel > option to the grub boot prompt (assuming you use grub) to prevent > gentoo from even trying to start an X session, thus avoiding gdm > and allowing you to use startx so you can read the gnome error > messages on the console while X starts up. > > If you can ssh into that machine you could also try removing xdm > from your /etc/runlevels/default directory, assuming it's there. > I'm not at all sure how the *dms are usually started during boot, > so someone else could give you a better answer. >
Well, I don't boot right into gdm or any display manager, I started gdm by hand. I did try startx, but got the same result, but I can get the .xsessionerrors, so maybe someone can figure that out. Its at http://pastebin.com/JJrdxWHB . -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [email protected]
