Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
On Monday 20 Mar 2017 07:18:17 Raffaele Belardi wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday 17 Mar 2017 09:49:14 Mick wrote: > >> I don't have a fix for you, but from the errors it seems pam is not > >> happy. Display Managers and various services install pam modules in > >> /etc/pam.d/ to manage user authentication. It seems something is > >> amiss there, or some kind of conflict between gnome-keyring and LXDE. > > > > Yes, I see that. I also see a lot of stuff that may be causing it. I > > deleted .cache/lxsessions/LXDE/run.log, ran startx and immediately > > logged out, and this is what I found (sorry, it's 110 lines): > > > > $ cat run.log > > > > > > > > > So it looks as though something hasn't been installed right. I'm running > > an emerge -e world at the moment to see if I can pick something up from > > it. > I don't see anything strange in your log; LXDE should start even without > notification-deamon installed. > Is there anything strange in /var/log/X.org.0.log? > "ran startx and immediately logged out": do you use a login manager? Even after all my digging and rebuilding, I was still getting an error on startup - not the one I was asking about, but I don't remember just what it was now. In the end I ditched LXDE and went for Fluxbox. -- Regards Peter
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Friday 17 Mar 2017 09:49:14 Mick wrote: I don't have a fix for you, but from the errors it seems pam is not happy. Display Managers and various services install pam modules in /etc/pam.d/ to manage user authentication. It seems something is amiss there, or some kind of conflict between gnome-keyring and LXDE. Yes, I see that. I also see a lot of stuff that may be causing it. I deleted .cache/lxsessions/LXDE/run.log, ran startx and immediately logged out, and this is what I found (sorry, it's 110 lines): $ cat run.log So it looks as though something hasn't been installed right. I'm running an emerge -e world at the moment to see if I can pick something up from it. I don't see anything strange in your log; LXDE should start even without notification-deamon installed. Is there anything strange in /var/log/X.org.0.log? "ran startx and immediately logged out": do you use a login manager? raffaele
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 17 Mar 2017 20:30:46 Dale wrote: >> >> I use Fluxbox as a backup desktop. It's very, extremely, fast last I >> ran it. It's tiny last I checked too. I'm not sure how it compares to >> XFCE tho. It may be smaller. >> >> Just thought I would throw out one more idea, in case you end up needing >> it. > Thanks Dale. In fact I've decided to give LXDE a reprieve, this time setting > a desktop profile first, as instructed. You see what I mean about decay. > I do. It hits me all the time too. Sometimes, it is the simple stuff that gets me. At least you have options, just in case. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
On Friday 17 Mar 2017 20:30:46 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday 17 Mar 2017 15:57:14 I wrote: > >> So it looks as though something hasn't been installed right. I'm > >> running > >> an emerge -e world at the moment to see if I can pick something up from > >> it. > > > > Hasn't made the slightest difference, so I've decided to show LXDE the > > door: it clearly isn't ready for use by mere mortals such as I'm fast > > decaying into;0 > > > > A pity, because I wanted a lightweight desktop via which to manage a web > > development server, one with as few opportunities for being hacked as > > practicable. > > > > Maybe XFCE will do better. Or maybe the panel can offer other > > suggestions... > I use Fluxbox as a backup desktop. It's very, extremely, fast last I > ran it. It's tiny last I checked too. I'm not sure how it compares to > XFCE tho. It may be smaller. > > Just thought I would throw out one more idea, in case you end up needing > it. Thanks Dale. In fact I've decided to give LXDE a reprieve, this time setting a desktop profile first, as instructed. You see what I mean about decay. -- Regards Peter
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 17 Mar 2017 15:57:14 I wrote: > >> So it looks as though something hasn't been installed right. I'm running >> an emerge -e world at the moment to see if I can pick something up from >> it. > Hasn't made the slightest difference, so I've decided to show LXDE the door: > it clearly isn't ready for use by mere mortals such as I'm fast decaying > into;0 > > A pity, because I wanted a lightweight desktop via which to manage a web > development server, one with as few opportunities for being hacked as > practicable. > > Maybe XFCE will do better. Or maybe the panel can offer other suggestions... > I use Fluxbox as a backup desktop. It's very, extremely, fast last I ran it. It's tiny last I checked too. I'm not sure how it compares to XFCE tho. It may be smaller. Just thought I would throw out one more idea, in case you end up needing it. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
On Friday 17 Mar 2017 15:57:14 I wrote: > So it looks as though something hasn't been installed right. I'm running > an emerge -e world at the moment to see if I can pick something up from > it. Hasn't made the slightest difference, so I've decided to show LXDE the door: it clearly isn't ready for use by mere mortals such as I'm fast decaying into;0 A pity, because I wanted a lightweight desktop via which to manage a web development server, one with as few opportunities for being hacked as practicable. Maybe XFCE will do better. Or maybe the panel can offer other suggestions... -- Regards Peter
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
On Friday 17 Mar 2017 09:49:14 Mick wrote: > I don't have a fix for you, but from the errors it seems pam is not happy. > Display Managers and various services install pam modules in /etc/pam.d/ > to manage user authentication. It seems something is amiss there, or > some kind of conflict between gnome-keyring and LXDE. Yes, I see that. I also see a lot of stuff that may be causing it. I deleted .cache/lxsessions/LXDE/run.log, ran startx and immediately logged out, and this is what I found (sorry, it's 110 lines): $ cat run.log ** Message: environement.vala:58: Exporting primary_variable ** Message: environement.vala:59: desktop_environnement XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP ** Message: environement.vala:176: custom_config : ** Message: environement.vala:177: config_dirs :/etc/xdg ** Message: environement.vala:178: confir_dirs not null, export : /etc/xdg ** Message: environement.vala:183: Exporting XDG_CONFIG_DIRS ** Message: environement.vala:217: custom_data :/usr/share/gdm:/var/lib/menu-xdg: ** Message: environement.vala:218: data_dirs :/usr/local/share:/usr/share ** Message: environement.vala:219: data_dirs not null, export : /usr/share/gdm:/var/lib/menu-xdg:/usr/local/share:/usr/share ** Message: environement.vala:224: Exporting XDG_DATA_DIRS ** Message: utils.vala:68: User config used : /home/prh/.config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf ** Message: utils.vala:89: Final file used : /home/prh/.config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'iGtk/ColorScheme' in group 'GTK' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'windows_manager/extras' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'panel/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'dock/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'file_manager/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'desktop_manager/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'launcher_manager/autostart' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'composite_manager/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'im1/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'im2/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'widget1/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'keybindings/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'screensaver/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'power_manager/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'audio_manager/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'workspace_manager/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'screenshot_manager/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'message_manager/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'upgrade_manager/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'upstart_user_session' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'proxy_manager/http' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'a11y/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'xrandr/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'network_gui/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'webbrowser/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'email/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'pdf_reader/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'video_player/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'audio_player/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'images_display/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'text_editor/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'archive/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'charmap/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'calculator/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key 'spreadsheet/command' in group 'Session' ** Message: settings.vala:531: Key file does not have key
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
On Friday 17 March 2017 09:32:15 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 17 Mar 2017 08:56:18 Raffaele Belardi wrote: > > Miroslav Rovis wrote: > > > On 170316-21:35+, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > >> I've just finished (well, you know) installing Gentoo on a new box and > > >> given it an LXDE desktop. Every time I start the desktop, whether by > > >> startx or via lxdm, I immediately get an error box saying "Could not > > >> connect: No such file or directory." Does anyone here recognise this? > > >> Google hasn't helped me. > > > > > > Look up what you get in /var/log/messages at the time of the error. > > Mar 17 09:11:10 webs lxdm-binary[1804]: PAM unable to > dlopen(/lib64/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so): > /lib64/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so: cannot open shared object file: No > such file or directory Mar 17 09:11:10 webs lxdm-binary[1804]: PAM adding > faulty module: /lib64/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so Mar 17 09:11:10 webs > lxdm-binary[1804]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib64/security/pam_selinux.so): > /lib64/security/pam_selinux.so: cannot open shared object file: No such > file or directory Mar 17 09:11:10 webs lxdm-binary[1804]: PAM adding faulty > module: /lib64/security/pam_selinux.so Mar 17 09:11:10 webs > lxdm-binary[1804]: pam_unix(lxdm:session): session opened for user prh by > (uid=0) Mar 17 09:11:10 webs ck-launch-session[1860]: error connecting to > ConsoleKit > > Also .cache/lxsession/LXDE/run.log > > A lot of stuff from vala. No timestamps though - do I get a new run.log each > time LXDE starts, or are new entries appended? I guess it's the former. > > Does the desktop show up regularly besides showing the error message? > > I don't know, as I've never used LXDE before. The screen is plain black, > which doesn't seem right. > > Thanks for the clues, gents. I'll go away and poke around a bit. Maybe run > an emerge -e world. I don't have a fix for you, but from the errors it seems pam is not happy. Display Managers and various services install pam modules in /etc/pam.d/ to manage user authentication. It seems something is amiss there, or some kind of conflict between gnome-keyring and LXDE. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
On Friday 17 Mar 2017 08:56:18 Raffaele Belardi wrote: > Miroslav Rovis wrote: > > On 170316-21:35+, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> I've just finished (well, you know) installing Gentoo on a new box and > >> given it an LXDE desktop. Every time I start the desktop, whether by > >> startx or via lxdm, I immediately get an error box saying "Could not > >> connect: No such file or directory." Does anyone here recognise this? > >> Google hasn't helped me. > >> > > Look up what you get in /var/log/messages at the time of the error. Mar 17 09:11:10 webs lxdm-binary[1804]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib64/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so): /lib64/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Mar 17 09:11:10 webs lxdm-binary[1804]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib64/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so Mar 17 09:11:10 webs lxdm-binary[1804]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib64/security/pam_selinux.so): /lib64/security/pam_selinux.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Mar 17 09:11:10 webs lxdm-binary[1804]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib64/security/pam_selinux.so Mar 17 09:11:10 webs lxdm-binary[1804]: pam_unix(lxdm:session): session opened for user prh by (uid=0) Mar 17 09:11:10 webs ck-launch-session[1860]: error connecting to ConsoleKit > Also .cache/lxsession/LXDE/run.log A lot of stuff from vala. No timestamps though - do I get a new run.log each time LXDE starts, or are new entries appended? I guess it's the former. > Does the desktop show up regularly besides showing the error message? I don't know, as I've never used LXDE before. The screen is plain black, which doesn't seem right. Thanks for the clues, gents. I'll go away and poke around a bit. Maybe run an emerge -e world. -- Regards Peter
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
Miroslav Rovis wrote: On 170316-21:35+, Peter Humphrey wrote: I've just finished (well, you know) installing Gentoo on a new box and given it an LXDE desktop. Every time I start the desktop, whether by startx or via lxdm, I immediately get an error box saying "Could not connect: No such file or directory." Does anyone here recognise this? Google hasn't helped me. Look up what you get in /var/log/messages at the time of the error. Also .cache/lxsession/LXDE/run.log Does the desktop show up regularly besides showing the error message? raffaele
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
On 170316-21:35+, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I've just finished (well, you know) installing Gentoo on a new box and given > it an LXDE desktop. Every time I start the desktop, whether by startx or via > lxdm, I immediately get an error box saying "Could not connect: No such file > or directory." Does anyone here recognise this? Google hasn't helped me. Look up what you get in /var/log/messages at the time of the error. -- Miroslav Rovis Zagreb, Croatia https://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr signature.asc Description: Digital signature
[gentoo-user] LXDE startup error
Hello list, I've just finished (well, you know) installing Gentoo on a new box and given it an LXDE desktop. Every time I start the desktop, whether by startx or via lxdm, I immediately get an error box saying "Could not connect: No such file or directory." Does anyone here recognise this? Google hasn't helped me. -- Regards Peter
Re: [gentoo-user] lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set
Harry Putnam wrote: Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog box... just an error messages that says: Desktop manager is not active All the lxde-base pkgs contained in lxde-meta are installed. Openbox wm is installed. Anyone know what that error message means or how to get around or fix it? Is pcmanfm running? $ ps ax | grep pcmanfm 2975 ?Sl 0:00 pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE 2982 ?Sl 0:00 pcmanfm --desktop If not, check if it specified in the lxsession configuration. On my system the (default) lxsession configuration file contains: $ cat .config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart @lxpanel --profile LXDE @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE @xscreensaver -no-splash You could also check the 'Autostart' tab in the 'Preferences->Default applications for LXSession' and verify that 'Disable autostarted applications' dropdown entry is set to 'No'. You reach the same config window by issuing: $ lxsession-default-apps raffaele
Re: [gentoo-user] lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set
On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:27:47 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences > Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog > box... just an error messages that says: > > Desktop manager is not active > > All the lxde-base pkgs contained in lxde-meta are installed. > > Openbox wm is installed. > > Anyone know what that error message means or how to get around or fix > it? You're missing an essential package. Install lxde-meta to make sure you get it. Once working, you can remove unnecessary packages later. -- Neil Bothwick Every morning is the dawn of a new error... pgpkfKGSjvfFE.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-user] lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog box... just an error messages that says: Desktop manager is not active All the lxde-base pkgs contained in lxde-meta are installed. Openbox wm is installed. Anyone know what that error message means or how to get around or fix it?
[gentoo-user] lxde to lxqt migration plan
Howdy, I see lxqt(0.7) in portage now. I assume it is the qt5 based lxqt? I'm Not sure or if the lxqt-base/lxqt-meta--.7.0-r1 is still qt4 based? Anyway, I have looked for a migration guide and found little info. Being relatively new to the LX* scene, it took me some effort to get the workstation setup happy. My current setup uses a myriad of config files, much to my chagrin Some cleanup is warranted, but since the big upgrade to lxqt is mimminent, I figured I'd wait and do it once. So I'm curious about suggestions on this migration. Do you install lxqt-meta first, then manually delete the lxde applicaotins? Blockers? Polkit, the Desktop manager and the several differect terminal types I use, were all a bit of (a hack really) effort to get happy. I wonder if lxqt has any new issues that are new to the LX* environment? Is there a way to parlay the existing lxde config info into lxqt, or do I need to back all of that up, nuke all of the lxde builds and start from scratch on lxqt? Anyone tried the lxqt offering in (testing) portage tree ? All comments are welcome. James
Re: [gentoo-user] lxde to lxqt migration plan
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:17 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Howdy, I see lxqt(0.7) in portage now. I assume it is the qt5 based lxqt? I'm Not sure or if the lxqt-base/lxqt-meta--.7.0-r1 is still qt4 based? Hi, I've got lxqt-base/lxqt-meta-0.7.0-r1 installed and AFAICT its qt4 based. Qt5 is not in the tree yet. However I haven't had a chance to use it. - -Yohan Pereira
[gentoo-user] lxde +openbox updates
Hello, Well, I took the plunge and put LXDE and openbox on a FX-8350 with 32 gig of ram. KDE was just too much of a pig and I got tired of spending hours and hours of researching what had changesymmv. So I'm lov'n LXDE _ openbox, although I do have to go out and parse the scant documentation available. So I'll just post what I want. I set up my desktop manually, just the way I like it. I basically have 2 problems. 1. All of the software I install, only a few things are picked up by openbox into the menu and submenus. Is there a simple app I can add and run to pick up all of those apps into the openbox menu? What I have read seems confusing, as there are menu files all over the user and /etc/xdg dir structures? Advise? 2. In the ~/.config/lxsessions/LXDE/autostart file, I have: @lxpanel --profile LXDE @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE @xscreensaver -no-splash seamonkey thunderbird @lxterminal I have 4 differnt lxterminal sessions, each with 6 windows. I do not see how this single line lxtermial can remember all 4 window locations and the 6 tabs under each window; so how do I config this so ti all comes up on logout/login or and reboots? James
Re: [gentoo-user] lxde +openbox updates
On 01/24/2014 10:46 PM, James wrote: Hello, Well, I took the plunge and put LXDE and openbox on a FX-8350 with 32 gig of ram. KDE was just too much of a pig and I got tired of spending hours and hours of researching what had changesymmv. So I'm lov'n LXDE _ openbox, although I do have to go out and parse the scant documentation available. So I'll just post what I want. I set up my desktop manually, just the way I like it. I basically have 2 problems. 1. All of the software I install, only a few things are picked up by openbox into the menu and submenus. Is there a simple app I can add and run to pick up all of those apps into the openbox menu? What I have read seems confusing, as there are menu files all over the user and /etc/xdg dir structures? Advise? I recommend x11-misc/obmenugen but there are others like x11-misc/openbox-menu as well 2. In the ~/.config/lxsessions/LXDE/autostart file, I have: @lxpanel --profile LXDE @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE @xscreensaver -no-splash seamonkey thunderbird @lxterminal I have 4 differnt lxterminal sessions, each with 6 windows. I do not see how this single line lxtermial can remember all 4 window locations and the 6 tabs under each window; so how do I config this so ti all comes up on logout/login or and reboots? James You might want to have a look at x11-terms/terminator which lets you configure complex terminal profiles. also mind the applications settings in openbox rc.xml where you can define how and where new windows are placed
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE
On Sunday 06 March 2011 02:39:34 Kevin McCarthy wrote: On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 02:51:54PM -0500, dhk wrote: On 03/03/2011 10:25 PM, daid kahl wrote: I installed xdm and slim, but strange things happen with that. When I run /etc/xinit.d/xdm start the slim login appears, but the right half of my keyboard doesn't work right. For example when I press the k key a 2 is printed. Very strange. I bet you are on a laptop that doesn't have a dedicated number pad. If you look, you will see that JKL are also 123 when the numlock is on. SLiM's default setting is to turn the numlock on when it starts. You can turn this off with the numlock setting in /etc/slim.conf. Yes, I bet dhk has pressed the numlock on button. The solution is of course to press it once more to remove numlock. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE
On 03/05/2011 09:39 PM, Kevin McCarthy wrote: On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 02:51:54PM -0500, dhk wrote: On 03/03/2011 10:25 PM, daid kahl wrote: I installed xdm and slim, but strange things happen with that. When I run /etc/xinit.d/xdm start the slim login appears, but the right half of my keyboard doesn't work right. For example when I press the k key a 2 is printed. Very strange. I bet you are on a laptop that doesn't have a dedicated number pad. If you look, you will see that JKL are also 123 when the numlock is on. SLiM's default setting is to turn the numlock on when it starts. You can turn this off with the numlock setting in /etc/slim.conf. You are correct. Thanks.
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE
On 03/03/2011 10:25 PM, daid kahl wrote: I want to use LXDE as a Desktop on a fresh install of Gentoo on a laptop (amd64). It seems to work, but when I logout it hangs. It never returns to the command prompt and the keyboard doesn't work so I can switch to an alternate terminal. Strange. Never used LXDE, but KDE and Xfce I never had such a problem with startx. Anyway, if you're serious about using it, probably you'll want xdm and likely slim (since you're running something lightweight). Yeah, I ran startx for two years because I'm that lazy, but anyway, it's a good idea. From XDM you can get a terminal if you want. This is only at best a work around (or indication of deeper problems), but you may try it. Just make sure you edit slim.conf for your login_cmd since for zsh you get a little wrecked if you don't... Cheers, daid After installing xfce4 I found out this problem is not an lxde problem it seems to be a desktop environment or windows manager problem. When I click the logout button in xfce4 it hangs also, it never brings me back to the command prompt. The only thing I can do is Alt-SysReq-EISUB which works really well and suggested in an earlier thread. I installed xdm and slim, but strange things happen with that. When I run /etc/xinit.d/xdm start the slim login appears, but the right half of my keyboard doesn't work right. For example when I press the k key a 2 is printed. Very strange. dhk
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE
On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 02:51:54PM -0500, dhk wrote: On 03/03/2011 10:25 PM, daid kahl wrote: I installed xdm and slim, but strange things happen with that. When I run /etc/xinit.d/xdm start the slim login appears, but the right half of my keyboard doesn't work right. For example when I press the k key a 2 is printed. Very strange. I bet you are on a laptop that doesn't have a dedicated number pad. If you look, you will see that JKL are also 123 when the numlock is on. SLiM's default setting is to turn the numlock on when it starts. You can turn this off with the numlock setting in /etc/slim.conf. -- Kevin McCarthy sign...@gentoo.org pgpOlnpakqut4.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] LXDE
I want to use LXDE as a Desktop on a fresh install of Gentoo on a laptop (amd64). It seems to work, but when I logout it hangs. It never returns to the command prompt and the keyboard doesn't work so I can switch to an alternate terminal. Has anyone had this problem and know how to fix it? Thanks, dhk
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE
dhk writes:
I want to use LXDE as a Desktop on a fresh install of Gentoo on a laptop
(amd64). It seems to work, but when I logout it hangs. It never
returns to the command prompt and the keyboard doesn't work so I can
switch to an alternate terminal. Has anyone had this problem and know
how to fix it?
No. But try Alt-SysRq-R, this removes keyboard control from X, and you
should be able to switch to a text terminal.
If not, Alt-SysRq-{E,I,S,U,B} (with little pasues between each) will at
least do a cleaner reboot than hitting the reset button.
If you have another PC to log in from, try this, and use the chvt commadn to
change the virtual terminal.
Wonko
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:35:08PM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote
No. But try Alt-SysRq-R, this removes keyboard control from X,
and you should be able to switch to a text terminal. If not,
Alt-SysRq-{E,I,S,U,B} (with little pasues between each) will at
least do a cleaner reboot than hitting the reset button.
Note that this requires Magic SysRq key support in the kernel.
Under make menuconfig enable...
Kernel hacking ---
[*] Magic SysRq key
--
Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
Re: [gentoo-user] LXDE
I want to use LXDE as a Desktop on a fresh install of Gentoo on a laptop (amd64). It seems to work, but when I logout it hangs. It never returns to the command prompt and the keyboard doesn't work so I can switch to an alternate terminal. Strange. Never used LXDE, but KDE and Xfce I never had such a problem with startx. Anyway, if you're serious about using it, probably you'll want xdm and likely slim (since you're running something lightweight). Yeah, I ran startx for two years because I'm that lazy, but anyway, it's a good idea. From XDM you can get a terminal if you want. This is only at best a work around (or indication of deeper problems), but you may try it. Just make sure you edit slim.conf for your login_cmd since for zsh you get a little wrecked if you don't... Cheers, daid
