From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.81]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14wyO9-0007qk-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 07 May 2001 21:42:17 -0600 Received: from k68pc2.home.pc ([65.6.118.16]) by femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20010508034101.SKJS965.femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com@k68pc2.home.pc> for ; Mon, 7 May 2001 20:41:01 -0700 From: Collins Richey To: gentoo Message-Id: <20010507215023.2396e7be.erichey2@home.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.4.65 (GTK+ 1.2.8; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [gentoo-dev] kde er4ror with xsetroot Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon May 7 21:43:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 21:50:23 -0600 X-Archives-Salt: e74e1a25-45f3-454f-a701-e298b2e15638 X-Archives-Hash: 3f0db68adea3310ae924e79756d46b2a I installed kde with emerge kde-base ... which brought in kde-libs and other stuff. When I try to run it, it complains that xsetroot and other x... complain that display = '' and they die without starting the xserver (root or user environment). Same restults with startkde or echo kde >.wm startx By the way, in setting up users, I discovered that /etc/skel (not a file but an empty directory) is borken. -- Collins Richey Denver Area Sybil test system (reiserfs)