Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Alex Schuster ha scritto:
econti writes:
Hi all
to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x).
A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message:
Setting up kdm . . .
start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument
Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information
*ERROR: could not start the Display Manager
Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much.
So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works!
How can I make kdm start on boot again?
Does this give anyy output? It should give /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kdm.
. /lib/rcscripts/sh/rc-services.sh
get_options service xdm
In /etc/X11/startDM.sh, in line 22, this is being used to determine what to
start with `start-stop-daemon --exec ${EXEC} a few lines later:
EXEC=$(get_options service)
Well, to-day I made the following attempts:
hard coded the path to kdm in /etc/X11/startDM.sh, so the previuos line
became:
EXEC=/usr/kde/3.4/bin/kdm
and kdm starts on boot. Then I tried also:
EXEC=$(cat /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service)
and this works too!
Conclusion: it is $(get_options service) that does not work correctly
after upgrading xorg.
Emilio
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Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Did you make sure KDM is set as the Display Manager in Xorg config? I Had this problem once before awhile ago, and that was the solution to the problem. econti wrote: Hi all to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x). A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message: Setting up kdm . . . start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information *ERROR: could not start the Display Manager Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much. So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works! How can I make kdm start on boot again? Ciao emilio -- Isaiah Dunham IT Coordinator Clarion Bathware 814-782-3016 ext 106 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Am Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2007 schrieb Isaiah Dunham: Did you make sure KDM is set as the Display Manager in Xorg config? There's no way to set the DM in Xorg's config. The DM is set in /etc/conf.d/rc (or was it /etc/rc.conf?). Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
From looking at my system, I have: DISPLAYMANAGER=gdm in the /etc/conf.d/xdm file. If you change yours to kdm instead of gdm and make sure it's in the run levels: rc-update add xdm default Unless I'm missing something, that should work. -- Original message -- From: econti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x). A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message: Setting up kdm . . . start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information *ERROR: could not start the Display Manager Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much. So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works! How can I make kdm start on boot again? Ciao emilio -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Hey! There's no way to set the DM in Xorg's config. The DM is set in /etc/conf.d/rc (or was it /etc/rc.conf?). It should be /etc/conf.d/xdm DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm Patrick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Am Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2007 schrieb Patrick Holthaus: Hey! There's no way to set the DM in Xorg's config. The DM is set in /etc/conf.d/rc (or was it /etc/rc.conf?). It should be /etc/conf.d/xdm DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm Oh, yes. Forgot that it was moved to this file a while ago. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Patrick Holthaus ha scritto: Hey! There's no way to set the DM in Xorg's config. The DM is set in /etc/conf.d/rc (or was it /etc/rc.conf?). It should be /etc/conf.d/xdm DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm Patrick It does not work! ;-( DISPLAYMANAGER was already set to kdm In my opinion the trouble is in /etc/X11/startDM.sh, but I do not know where. Emilio -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
econti writes:
Hi all
to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x).
A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message:
Setting up kdm . . .
start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument
Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information
*ERROR: could not start the Display Manager
Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much.
So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works!
How can I make kdm start on boot again?
Does this give anyy output? It should give /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kdm.
. /lib/rcscripts/sh/rc-services.sh
get_options service xdm
In /etc/X11/startDM.sh, in line 22, this is being used to determine what to
start with `start-stop-daemon --exec ${EXEC} a few lines later:
EXEC=$(get_options service)
I think you get empty output, so EXEC is empty, and start-stop-daemon
complains about a missing argument.
get_options reads the file /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service, if existing.
It should be created by the correspnding save_options routine
in /etc/init.d/xdm. Maybe you could add a
set -xv
before the
save_options service ${EXE}
line in order to get useful debug output. After a quick look, I do not see
what the problem could be there.
Alex
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Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
On Tuesday 16 October 2007, econti wrote: It does not work! ;-( DISPLAYMANAGER was already set to kdm In my opinion the trouble is in /etc/X11/startDM.sh, but I do not know where. Try to do: emerge -1 baselayout I vaguely remember something about xinit and baselayout being dependent on having been reemerged in the right order. -- /PA -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm will not start
On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 18:35 -0700, Joseph wrote: I can not seem to load kdm. I have in /etc/rc.conf: DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm XSESSION=kde-3.4 xdm | default What else to try? -- #Joseph -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm will not start
Joseph wrote: SOLVED. One of those silly human errors. It appears I had kdm already running in one of the session, so it wouldn't restart again. CTRL-ALT-DEL solved the problem. Oh crap, that sounds to much like windoze. /etc/init.d/xdm restart would have fixed that. You didn't have to reboot, even though it worked too. o_O Dale :-) -- To err is human, I'm most certainly human. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm will not start
On Sunday 04 December 2005 17:27, Joseph wrote: Now, I'm fighting with kpdf, as it tries to print on A4 instead of letter format. In the kde Control Center, go to Reigonal Accesibility - Country/Reigon Layout select the tab Misc Choose the paper format you prefer. Be aware this is the default setting for kde and not just kpdf. -- You know you're using the computer too much when: you use 'u' instead of 'you' in the first place. -- thebell -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm will not start
On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 18:32 +1300, Glenn Enright wrote: On Sunday 04 December 2005 17:27, Joseph wrote: Now, I'm fighting with kpdf, as it tries to print on A4 instead of letter format. In the kde Control Center, go to Reigonal Accesibility - Country/Reigon Layout select the tab Misc Choose the paper format you prefer. Be aware this is the default setting for kde and not just kpdf. I have it letter in there. Though, I'm thinking that it must have something to do with the way xpdf is compiled. The variable psPaperSize match is not compiled and/or correctly compiled to xpdf. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm will not start
On Sunday 04 December 2005 19:07, Joseph wrote: In the kde Control Center, go to Reigonal Accesibility - Country/Reigon Layout select the tab Misc Choose the paper format you prefer. Be aware this is the default setting for kde and not just kpdf. I have it letter in there. Though, I'm thinking that it must have something to do with the way xpdf is compiled. The variable psPaperSize match is not compiled and/or correctly compiled to xpdf. What format (ps, pdf, etc) are the files you are trying to print in? -- Fortune's graffito of the week (or maybe even month): Don't Write On Walls! (and underneath) You want I should type? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm will not start
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 23:36:19 -0700 Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 19:33 +1300, Glenn Enright wrote: On Sunday 04 December 2005 19:07, Joseph wrote: In the kde Control Center, go to Reigonal Accesibility - Country/Reigon Layout select the tab Misc Choose the paper format you prefer. Be aware this is the default setting for kde and not just kpdf. I have it letter in there. Though, I'm thinking that it must have something to do with the way xpdf is compiled. The variable psPaperSize match is not compiled and/or correctly compiled to xpdf. What format (ps, pdf, etc) are the files you are trying to print in? I'm trying to print from PS postscript to my printer, the command that the program is using sql-ledger is: lpr -P-printer_name I think postscript is using xpdf as well isn't it? What the hell has xpdf got to do with any of this? Unless I am missing something, you are printing a ps document to the printer. Where does pdf fit into this? -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
