On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Kevin O'Gorman<[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not getting anywhere with X, and the scripts themselves seem to be > screwed up. > I've re-emerged x11-apps/xinit to no avail, and I'm current with > revdep-rebuild. I have no idea what else to try. > > Here's a transcript; no log is created in /var/log/Xorg.0.log so I > don't think I have any further information: > > Script started on Wed 08 Jul 2009 09:00:25 AM PDT > treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm stop > * Stopping xdm ... > /sbin/start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory > (No such file or directory) > [ ok ] > treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm zap > * Manually resetting xdm to stopped state. > treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm start > * Setting up xdm ... > start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory (No > such file or directory) > * ERROR: could not start the Display Manager [ > ok ] > treat ~ # exit > > Script done on Wed 08 Jul 2009 09:00:53 AM PDT > > > -- > Kevin O'Gorman, PhD > >
So is xdm emerged? Seems strange. Are you using gnome by chance? You can change the display manager you choose inside of /etc/conf.d/xdm where I set gdm. emerge gdm and for me it just works. Good luck, Mark
