Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Badges
Craig Zeigler wrote: Chris Cox wrote: On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote: Yeah so you just skipped n00b status? You never asked a stupid question? No I thought not. Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow... *sigh* I was of course just kidding. I do like Gentoo but hey, it isn't the right choice for everyone. Some people I'm sure would prefer hand holding and fancy GUI installers that other Distros have a seem to cator to the masses. DO you really think Gentoo should be the first Distro people new to Linux should turn to? In one word... YES!. If you're going to learn your way around Linux well, why not start with something that doesn't teach you rely on GUIs and crap like that. When it all goes south, you're left iwth a command line. I guess I'm from the school that started wtih computer back where there was no GUI. The closest thing I had to a GUI was an ncurses like system, that really didn't work all that well. I agree with Craig. But in a broader sense, if anybody is to learn their way around a computer, start them out by building their own computer. Start them out with a box of parts and an install cd. Give them diagram how the parts go and a Phillips head screwdriver (less tools required than assembling a swing set). Teach them fear not the black screen with the white letters. Watch their joy as the learn that their new born computer can now stand on it's own by installing the base layout. Hear them brag that their child can walk because it has learned X windows server. Suffer through the screen shots once it has grown to a full desktop. Never more will these persons quiver at the very thought of tearing the sacred plastic that contains the mystical restore cd. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] GDM restarts citing lderror: missing pam_console.so after running et
Chris this may help with the problem: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-350736-highlight-gdm+pam.html Chris Fairles wrote: Oddly enough, if I run et like this et et.log 21 it runs fine and gdm does not restart itself. heres a snip from the log at least where I *think* it was failing before... it tries to run a tty console which pam does not like, why? --- Common Initialization Complete --- Opening IP socket: localhost:27960 Hostname: dsotm IP: 127.0.0.1 Started tty console (use +set ttycon 0 to disable) thnx, chris Chris Fairles wrote: Ran a emerge -NDuva world, updated a bunch of gnome stuff. gnome-base/gnome-2.10-r1 and deps and gnome-base/gdm-2.6.0.9-r2 Launching et (enemey territory) gives (in /var/log/messages) Jul 26 22:58:13 dsotm gdm[23200]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_console.so) Jul 26 22:58:13 dsotm gdm[23200]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_console.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] Jul 26 22:58:13 dsotm gdm[23200]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_console.so Jul 26 22:58:15 dsotm gdm(pam_unix)[23200]: session opened for user chris by (uid=0) Jul 26 22:58:23 dsotm su(pam_unix)[23301]: session opened for user root by (uid=1000) Jul 26 23:00:35 dsotm su(pam_unix)[23301]: session closed for user root Jul 26 23:00:39 dsotm gdm[23200]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Jul 26 23:00:39 dsotm gdm(pam_unix)[23200]: session closed for user chris gdm restarts no game I've tried commenting out all of dsotm ~ # grep console /etc/pam.d/* /etc/pam.d/gdm:session optional /lib/security/pam_console.so /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin:session optional /lib/security/pam_console.so /etc/pam.d/xdm:session optional pam_console.so /etc/pam.d/xserver:# Next line you need console ownership to be able to start X /etc/pam.d/xserver:#auth required pam_console.so restarting gdm, even rebooting, same error as above. tried setting USE=pam_console emerge -Nva pam ... adding the login pam_console, uncommenting all of the above lines, i just get the Jul 26 22:41:05 dsotm gdm[8000]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 i'm almost ready to USE=-pam emerge -e world ... chris -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] I thought /etc/X11/xorg.conf was set in stone
I have noticed in the last couple days that rolling the wheel on my mouse is not scrolling through webpages or email. I checked my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it had not been changed. Just to be sure it is not a broken mouse I booted into Mandrake and tested it there, mouse scrolled like a charm. After I booted back to Gentoo, the mouse was still not working. I decided to steal the setting from Mandrake's XF86Config, since it was working there. I changed my /etc/X11/xorg.conf from: IdentifierMouse1 Drivermouse Option ProtocolPS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mouse0 OptionZAxisMapping 4 5 to: IdentifierMouse1 Drivermouse Option ProtocolExplorerPS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mouse0 OptionZAxisMapping 6 7 After I made that change I rebooted. When I checked my /var/log/Xorg.0.log, it was still showing the original settings i.e. PS/2 not the ExplorerPS/2. After some digging around noticed the line (==) Using config file: //xorg.conf. Sure enough I had backed up my xorg.conf to the / folder a couple months ago and sure enought it was using that copy. After I changed that file name, I rebooted and the correct information is now showing in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I was under the impression that the folder /etc/X11is the folder only scanned and used. That is why I put the backup copy there. My question is: is this behavior a know thing and I missed it, or can others be bitten by this also? P.S. the mouse is still not scrolling. Any help with this would be great. Thanks -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I thought /etc/X11/xorg.conf was set in stone
Brett I. Holcomb wrote: Check man xorg.conf and it will give you the locations searched for xorg.conf. On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, George Roberts wrote: I have noticed in the last couple days that rolling the wheel on my mouse is Snip I was under the impression that the folder /etc/X11is the folder only scanned and used. That is why I put the backup copy there. My question is: is this behavior a know thing and I missed it, or can others be bitten by this also? P.S. the mouse is still not scrolling. Any help with this would be great. Thanks Thanks, it seems the system searchs farther than I understood. Based on what I have read on gdm, the X server is started by a non-privliged user, to avoid possiblities of exploition of the system via the login area. If this is in fact true then the search for the xorg.conf file would be limited to the /usr or /etc folders, not the / folder. Does there need to be an update to the man file, or is this a undocumented feature? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I thought /etc/X11/xorg.conf was set in stone
According to the man xorg.conf the search paths are different depending who is starting X. If X is started by a user the search paths are not as extensive as if X is started by root. If root was the one to start X then it could be able to pick up the xorg.conf I had stashed in the / folder. The sudden switch from my /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /xorg.conf is what triggered my confusion. Brett I. Holcomb wrote: My understanding is that X searches the path given in xorg.conf irregardless of who starts it but I may be wrong. I use xdm, not gdm. On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, George Roberts wrote: Brett I. Holcomb wrote: Check man xorg.conf and it will give you the locations searched for xorg.conf. On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, George Roberts wrote: I have noticed in the last couple days that rolling the wheel on my mouse is Snip I was under the impression that the folder /etc/X11is the folder only scanned and used. That is why I put the backup copy there. My question Thanks Thanks, it seems the system searchs farther than I understood. Based on what I have read on gdm, the X server is started by a non-privliged user, to avoid possiblities of exploition of the system via the login area. If this is in fact true then the search for the xorg.conf file would be limited to the /usr or /etc folders, not the / folder. Does there need to be an update to the man file, or is this a undocumented feature? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I thought /etc/X11/xorg.conf was set in stone
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Wednesday 27 July 2005 01:54, George Roberts wrote: I have noticed in the last couple days that rolling the wheel on my mouse is not scrolling through webpages or email. I checked my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it had not been changed. Just to be sure it is not a broken mouse I booted into Mandrake and tested it there, mouse scrolled like a charm. After I booted back to Gentoo, the mouse was still not working. I decided to steal the setting from Mandrake's XF86Config, since it was working there. I changed my /etc/X11/xorg.conf from: IdentifierMouse1 Drivermouse Option ProtocolPS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mouse0 OptionZAxisMapping 4 5 Option ProtocolPS/2 should be Option ProtocolImPS/2 and the wheel should start working Thanks that did it. Opps your right that was the original setting in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf. After chasing my tail trying different settings, only to find that X had changed files, I had forgotten where I started. Thanks again. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] recreating my user accout woes
As many of you are aware I have been fighting an issue with gdm, currently I am at the point where I could not login to gdm using my normal user account, but I can login using the root account. I found the same issue in the forums http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-358052-highlight-gdm.html. I can create new user accounts that work correctly (I can log in and get to the gnome desktop). However I have deleted my old normal user account, after making a backup, then I recreated the old account using useradd -d /home/george -G users,wheel,gdm,floppy,audio,cdrom,games,cdrw -m george. Now when I attempt to login to that account I am getting cascading errors and when I reach the desktop it is a black screen with computer and trash as the only icons and not toolbars. I can right click on the desktop and get the normal menu to get out of that account. I have checked the permissions of both accounts [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home $ ls -l george total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 george users 48 Jul 25 12:12 Desktop [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home $ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home $ ls -l geo total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 geo users 48 Jul 25 11:38 Desktop [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home $ so I know that is not the issue here. My question now is am I missing something here or is my computer on drugs and I need to find work arounds to get the information from my old account backups to this account? Any thoughts or pointers on this will greatly appricietated. Thanks in advance. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] recreating my user accout woes
On 7/25/05, Dave Nebinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home $ ls -l george total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 george users 48 Jul 25 12:12 Desktop [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home $ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home $ ls -l geo total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 geo users 48 Jul 25 11:38 Desktop [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home $ Just to be on the safe side I'd try: # chown -R geo:users /home/geo # chown -R george:users /home/george Just to ensure that the permissions are cascading down correctly. The only reason I'm suggesting this is that, by the sounds of things, you're trying to recreate a new user using files from an old user. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Actually I could not use the old files to recreate this account. useradd -d /home/george -G users,wheel,gdm,floppy,audio,cdrom,games,cdrw -m george. Per the man page for useradd -d home_dir The new user will be created using home_dir as the value for the user's login directory. The default is to append the login name to default_home and use that as the login directory name. I could not recreate the account until I had renamed the old folder (george 2, one of the backups I have). Once I renamed the old folder, I could recreate the account with that command line. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so
Richard Fish wrote: George Roberts wrote: Richard Fish wrote: Peter Gordon wrote: Try setting the pam_console USE flag and re-emerging pam: # echo sys-libs/pam pam_console /etc/portage/package.use # emerge sys-libs/pam Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a similar warning in my system log). If /etc/pam.d/gdm specifies pam_console, then this is why it is required. George, can you post the contents of that file? -Richard I just downgraded my baselib and pam after I found a simular issue in the forums. But gdm still not working. I don't have the time to check the logs (yuck work) this morning, will check them tonight. Here is my currant /etc/pam.d/gdm #%PAM-1.0 auth optionalpam_env.so auth includesystem-auth auth requiredpam_nologin.so accountincludesystem-auth password includesystem-auth sessionincludesystem-auth Ok, so we include system-auth. Then we also need to look at /etc/pam.d/system-auth. Also, what you have is the version of the pam config file from gdm-2.6.0.9-r3 (the ~x86 version). Earlier (non ~x86) versions use a different gdm configuration for pam: #%PAM-1.0 auth required /lib/security/pam_env.so auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so accountrequired /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth sessionrequired /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth sessionoptional /lib/security/pam_console.so As you can see, pam_console.so is referenced directly here. Can you confirm that you still get the error about pam_console.so with -r3, or only with earlier versions of gdm? -Richard Latest update. After adding/removing use flags, downgrading/upgrading packages (not to mention some firefox/thunderbird upgrades thrown in for flavor) based on information I stumbled across in the forums, gdm is now half working. I can login as root but not as the user. As to which piece of of the process actually fixed the problem I don't truly know. The process of fixing the currant problem brings to mind questions that are better not addressed in this thread, so I will be opening a new thread. Thanks for the help that you each have offered. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so
Peter Gordon wrote: Try setting the pam_console USE flag and re-emerging pam: # echo sys-libs/pam pam_console /etc/portage/package.use # emerge sys-libs/pam Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a similar warning in my system log). I will try that tomorrow, I am in the middle of a thunderbird/firefox emerge. thanks -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so
Richard Fish wrote: Peter Gordon wrote: Try setting the pam_console USE flag and re-emerging pam: # echo sys-libs/pam pam_console /etc/portage/package.use # emerge sys-libs/pam Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a similar warning in my system log). If /etc/pam.d/gdm specifies pam_console, then this is why it is required. George, can you post the contents of that file? -Richard I just downgraded my baselib and pam after I found a simular issue in the forums. But gdm still not working. I don't have the time to check the logs (yuck work) this morning, will check them tonight. Here is my currant /etc/pam.d/gdm #%PAM-1.0 auth optionalpam_env.so auth includesystem-auth auth requiredpam_nologin.so accountincludesystem-auth password includesystem-auth sessionincludesystem-auth -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so
I have been unable to login using gdm even though it is in my /etc/rc.conf: UNICODE=no EDITOR=/bin/nano DISPLAYMANAGER=gdm XSESSION=Gnome Today I checked my system logs and I found these entries: Date : July 22 15:32:42 Process : gdm[7072] Message : PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_console.so) Description : Date : July 22 15:32:42 Process : gdm[7072] Message : PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_console.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] Description : Date : July 22 15:32:42 Process : gdm[7072] Message : PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_console.so Description : Date : July 22 15:32:51 Process : login(pam_unix)[6871] Message : session opened for user root by (uid=0) Description : Date : July 22 15:33:22 Process : - Message : 0: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_console.so) Description : Date : July 22 15:33:22 Process : - Message : 0: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_console.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] Description : Date : July 22 15:33:22 Process : - Message : 0: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_console.so Description : Date : July 22 15:33:22 Process : xdm(pam_unix)[7301] Message : session opened for user root by (uid=0) Description : I have reemerged both pam and pam-login, neither of which has regenerated the needed pam_console.so. Googleing gives me lots of information about what the file does, but not how to get another one. Can anybody give me any hints? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge block prob with gnome-core and gnome-desktop
Chris Bare wrote: I'm trying to update a system that's been sitting idle for a while. I got the following blocks initially: # emerge -uD world [blocks B ] perl-core/File-Spec-0.87 (is blocking dev-lang/perl-5.8.6-r5) [blocks B ] =x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.8.2 (is blocking x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.6.3) [blocks B ] gnome-base/gnome-core (is blocking gnome-base/gnome-desktop-2.10.0) [blocks B ] gnome-base/gnome-desktop (is blocking gnome-base/gnome-core-1.4.2-r1) so I did: # emerge unmerge x11-themes/gnome-themes gnome-base/gnome-core gnome-base/gnome-desktop Now I get: # emerge -uD world [blocks B ] gnome-base/gnome-desktop (is blocking gnome-base/gnome-core-1.4.2-r1) but neither of them is installed: # emerge unmerge gnome-base/gnome-core --- Couldn't find gnome-base/gnome-core to unmerge. unmerge: No packages selected for removal. # emerge unmerge gnome-base/gnome-desktop --- Couldn't find gnome-base/gnome-desktop to unmerge. unmerge: No packages selected for removal. What do I have to do to clear the block? What does emerge --oneshot gnome-core do for you? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Xwindows stopped working. No errors in Xorg log file.
Daevid Vincent wrote: I tried to switch my window manager to Gnome and also XFCE (both worked fine before too) and that didn't solve the problem, so I don't think it's a KDE thing. But I have had KDE problems before as you suggest with other nvidia drivers. -Original Message- From: Richard Fish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:18 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xwindows stopped working. No errors in Xorg log file. Daevid Vincent wrote: I run a pretty stable system. I do however run ~x86 for KDE and Gnome. Something changed recently in an emerge -Davu world or system that causes X to not start anymore? The Xorg log below doesn't have any errors or warnings or anything. There are no unresolved symbols as the message says. I did notice that glib was updated, but the 3242-glibc-2.3.5.log doesn't say anything interesting. I ran rm -rf /root/.revdep-rebuild.*; revdep-rebuild -av and that said I was golden, it didn't re-compile a single thing. One of the things we just discovered on this list is that newer versions of KDE are trying to use things like the Composite extension, and it is causing problems for some people (slowness was the previous case). Some things to try: 1. Disable Composite. 2. Disable DRI. 3. Try the x.org nv driver instead of nvidia. Depending upon whether and which one of those work, you will have a place to start from on more debugging. -Richard I usually use 'meld' (x-windows) for my etc-update, so I do have some files that need updating, but they don't seem that they should affect X?? Probably not...more likely opengl or composite is causing the problem for X. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list What login manager are you using Gdm or Xdm, I have been using Gdm untill a while back and now after an update my X will not start using gdm in my /etc/rc.conf. If I change it to Xdm in /etc/rc.conf or type it in manually then X starts and I can get in Gnome. Changing the Nvidia drivers has had no effect. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] GDM not bringing up log in screen
Pawel Nadolski wrote: George Roberts wrote: Edward Catmur wrote: On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 23:05 -0600, George Roberts wrote: About a month or so ago I lost the ability to use my GDM to log in. I can log in using XDM which has to be called from the command line. When my system is booting it loads gdm, but when it finishes booting instead of starting X, it leaves me at the at the command line. I can then log in as root but when I type gdm it tells me gdm is already running. At one point it told me that I had no screens configured or XDMCP is disabled. I have unmerged gdm and re-emerged it. I have rebuilt my xorg.conf. I have removed my /etc/X11/gdm.conf and then ran gdmconfig. Even double checked rc.conf (no changes there). All of which has been a learning experience but is alas fruitless. /var/log/Xorg.0.log comes up clean execpt for a warning about APM and a warning while probing the nvidia video card. All hints will be tried and greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. rm /var/run/gdm.pid? That did not help. :-( Still no joy. Remove /var/lib/init.d/started/xdm and start xdm: /etc/init.d/xdm start Do you get any errors on boot or in /var/log/gdm.log? I removed the above mentioned file, no differance. XDM starts fine, GDM as I am told is running, but . When I look at the log directory I have 5 files. 3 of which are clean, 2 of which show: X Window System Version 6.8.2 Release Date: 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux George 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 #8 SMP Fri Apr 29 13:09:31 MDT 2005 i686 Build Date: 30 June 2005 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Fri Jul 1 13:43:26 2005 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf AUDIT: Fri Jul 1 13:43:28 2005: 7625 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1 As you can see the date in the file shows July 1, both files have the same date. I have restarted my computer many time since then. The newest log is from yesterday and it seems clean: X Window System Version 6.8.2 Release Date: 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux George 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 #8 SMP Fri Apr 29 13:09:31 MDT 2005 i686 Build Date: 07 July 2005 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Fri Jul 15 14:43:23 2005 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf at one point yesterday gdm did run and that is when it told me I had no screens or XDMCP was turned off. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] GDM not bringing up log in screen
Zac Medico wrote: George Roberts wrote: Technically both are started at the end of the boot sequence. However if I use /etc/init.d/xdm zap and then /etc/init.d/xdm start I am now getting a message Setting up gdm ... followed by ERROR: could not open the Display Manager... and then it hangs and I have to ctrl-c out of it. When I type xdm, it brings up the xdm log in screen and I can get back into gnome. I want my gdm back! Now my /var/log/xdm.log is now showing: _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/George:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 X Window System Version 6.8.2 Release Date: 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux George 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 #8 SMP Fri Apr 29 13:09:31 MDT 2005 i686 Build Date: 07 July 2005 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Sat Jul 16 20:45:27 2005 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf Using vt 7 What do you mean both are started at the end of the boot sequence. Why both gdm and xdm? Since xdm seems to be working it seems like you should be more interested in a gdm log (unless gdm uses xdm.log). I think you should put DISPLAYMANAGER=xdm in rc.conf, run env-update, and see it /etc/init.d/xdm start works for plain xdm. That will tell you whether the problem is isolated in the /etc/init.d/xdm script (part of xorg-x11) or instead isolated in the gdm package. Zac Yes changing rc.conf to xdm, starts X and brings me to the xdm log in screen. No need to run env-update. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] GDM not bringing up log in screen
Zac Medico wrote: George Roberts wrote: Technically both are started at the end of the boot sequence. However if I use /etc/init.d/xdm zap and then /etc/init.d/xdm start I am now getting a message Setting up gdm ... followed by ERROR: could not open the Display Manager... and then it hangs and I have to ctrl-c out of it. When I type xdm, it brings up the xdm log in screen and I can get back into gnome. I want my gdm back! Now my /var/log/xdm.log is now showing: _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/George:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 X Window System Version 6.8.2 Release Date: 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux George 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 #8 SMP Fri Apr 29 13:09:31 MDT 2005 i686 Build Date: 07 July 2005 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Sat Jul 16 20:45:27 2005 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf Using vt 7 What do you mean both are started at the end of the boot sequence. Why both gdm and xdm? Since xdm seems to be working it seems like you should be more interested in a gdm log (unless gdm uses xdm.log). I think you should put DISPLAYMANAGER=xdm in rc.conf, run env-update, and see it /etc/init.d/xdm start works for plain xdm. That will tell you whether the problem is isolated in the /etc/init.d/xdm script (part of xorg-x11) or instead isolated in the gdm package. Zac Opps sorry, xdm is suppost to start gdm. Xdm is added to the default run level, gdm is started when rc.conf runs. Atleast that is the sequence I understand from http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gdm_setup -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] GDM not bringing up log in screen
Zac Medico wrote: Willie Wong wrote: Now my /var/log/xdm.log is now showing: _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/George:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 The above suggests that whatever is trying to run is trying to use ipv6. It might not have anything to your problem, but you should at least add -ipv6 to your useflags and run emerge --newuse world Nice try Willie but I think he's looking at the wrong log file ;-). The gdm package has a /var/log/gdm directory that he probably needs to look in. Zac I posted my gdm logs eariler. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] how do I change to /etc/conf.d/hostname
I have a day off work and it is too hot to play outside, so I got the bright idea to clean up some minor warnings I have been getting. When I am booting my computer, I get warnings to change from using /etc/hostname to /etc/conf.d/hostname. Also the same with my /etc/domainname. My first though was these topics would be covered in the Gentoo install manual. But after re-reading the manual I find no difference now than when I installed everything a few months ago. Is there something I need to do, or do I live with this for now? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I change to /etc/conf.d/hostname
Robert Crawford wrote: On Friday 15 July 2005 06:31 pm, George Roberts wrote: I have a day off work and it is too hot to play outside, so I got the bright idea to clean up some minor warnings I have been getting. When I am booting my computer, I get warnings to change from using /etc/hostname to /etc/conf.d/hostname. Also the same with my /etc/domainname. My first though was these topics would be covered in the Gentoo install manual. But after re-reading the manual I find no difference now than when I installed everything a few months ago. Is there something I need to do, or do I live with this for now? IIRC, I just copied my /etc/hostname to /etc/conf.d/hostname. Did that remove the warning for you? After I re-did both files, I am still getting the same warning. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do I change to /etc/conf.d/hostname
David Busby wrote: I did this: rm /etc/hostname nano -w /etc/conf.d/hostname [ edit properly ] env-update reboot No problems... /djb Removing the files did the job. Sounds like another evil plot to force me to clean up unused files. :-) Thanks! George Roberts wrote: Robert Crawford wrote: On Friday 15 July 2005 06:31 pm, George Roberts wrote: I have a day off work and it is too hot to play outside, so I got the bright idea to clean up some minor warnings I have been getting. When I am booting my computer, I get warnings to change from using /etc/hostname to /etc/conf.d/hostname. Also the same with my /etc/domainname. My first though was these topics would be covered in the Gentoo install manual. But after re-reading the manual I find no difference now than when I installed everything a few months ago. Is there something I need to do, or do I live with this for now? IIRC, I just copied my /etc/hostname to /etc/conf.d/hostname. Did that remove the warning for you? After I re-did both files, I am still getting the same warning. That did is. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Can not reach log in screen in X
Daniel da Veiga wrote: Your xorg.conf would be better... What are you using to run the X? /etc/init.d/xdm or startx? Did you try ALT + F7? for the logs it seems your X is running... Could you post the result of ps af | grep xdm ? Thanks Daniel. Typing xdm got me back into Gentoo. The only way I knew to start X was startx. When startx fails I can not get to terminal 7. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ps af | grep xdm 19530 pts/0R+ 0:00 \_ grep xdm Lol, now that I am this far, where do I go next to fix this? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] memory used
I started using Linux again a couple of months ago. After I installed Mandrake /noticed that if my computer sat idle over night the memory usage went up from 100 megs to 2-300 megs ( I have 1 gig of ram, so no biggie). I switched to Gentoo and have noticed the samething. After watching this since then I have noticed that when my system is under a load, ie large updates and such the lost memory is reclaimed. Normal memory usage runs around 320 megs or so, after a large update 7 packages or more the memory used dropped down to 155 megs. My question is: is this typical? It is not causeing any issues with my computer. I just puzzles the snot out of me why this is happening. Thanks. / -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer compile error
H.J. Jung wrote: HI, all When I try to compile Mplayer 1.0pre7 I get following errors: Detected operating system: Linux Detected host architecture: i386 Checking for cc version ... 3.3.5-20050130, bad Checking for gcc version ... 3.3.5-20050130, bad Checking for gcc-3.4 version ... not found Checking for gcc-3.3 version ... not found Checking for gcc-3.2 version ... not found Checking for gcc-3.1 version ... not found Checking for gcc3 version ... not found Checking for gcc-3.0 version ... not found Checking for cc version ... 3.3.5-20050130, bad *** Please downgrade/upgrade C compiler to version gcc-2.95.x or gcc-3.x! *** You are not using a supported compiler. We do not have the time to make sure everything works with compilers other than the ones we use. Use either the same compiler as we do, or use --disable-gcc-checking but DO *NOT* REPORT BUGS unless you can reproduce them after recompiling with a 2.95.x or 3.x version! Note for gcc 2.96 users: Some versions of this compiler are known to miscompile mplayer and lame (which is used for mencoder). If you get compile errors, first upgrade to the latest 2.96 release (minimum 2.96-85) and try again. If the problem still exists, try with gcc 3.x (or 2.95.x) *BEFORE* reporting bugs! GCC 2.96 IS NOT AND WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED BY US ! *** For details please read DOCS/HTML/en/users-vs-dev.html *** Error: Bad gcc version Check configure.log if you do not understand why it failed. Why can't it find gcc? run gcc-conf ig -l to see which gcc you are using. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
