Jc García <jyo.gar...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2014-06-29 13:20 GMT-06:00 <cov...@ccs.covici.com>: > > Tom Wijsman <tom...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 > >> Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? > >> > >> Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, > >> unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets up, I don't > >> think that a plain call with a plain `exec gnome-session` will work. > >> > >> It for example needs the *-launch things between exec and gnome-session. > > > > > So, What can I do aside from restarting gdm after it goes to sleep or > > whatever its doing after a few minutes? Also, I did try startx and I > > did get a session and it seems to work, although I have not tested > > extensively. > > > Have you tried any other DM? technically gdm, just calls > gnome-session( it does other things, but thats the main goal), so I'd > guess, you could use something like lightdm. altought I haven't tested > it with gnome.
I have tried xfce4 using startx and it worked great under openrc and I went to a lot of trouble to boot with systemd to keep using gnome, but maybe I will go back to xfce4 after all, if using startx with gnome-session gives problems. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com