From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FJgkq-0003H1-5p for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:54:16 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2G0r9EY002714; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:53:09 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.205]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2G0jbAU021162 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:45:38 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i2so274555wra for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:45:37 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=GkZiubO8bNVse1jh84OaBPw4JWqjBJ5DzWYepDWu9qyLE6aDn+wxv/LrK3N0loykcPHhvrpf59e84uU0HTQPE6xnLBUK3XYnzczXfQkH6DMtkZaDReS8hKVKqrsbzKTVI3Fb3tjajz/Fon4cx3l6ONPNF+ja/eBGjJm1UTf3omo= Received: by 10.65.219.6 with SMTP id w6mr14824qbq; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:45:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from drjoms ( [83.141.81.118]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id e10sm77710qbe.2006.03.15.16.45.32; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:45:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] can anyone please help me with gnome? From: Unknown To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20060316132913.7243.NICK@rout.co.nz> References: <20060316121734.7235.NICK@rout.co.nz> <1142467033.6210.4.camel@drjoms> <20060316132913.7243.NICK@rout.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:45:33 +0000 Message-Id: <1142469933.6330.4.camel@drjoms> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 731e93e4-f64e-43fb-abfb-3f7577570025 X-Archives-Hash: 3fce55ce3bb3fb91ed5cce31ce18bc98 On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 13:35 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:57:13 +0000 > Unknown wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 12:17 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > > > follow the instructions which are to start X with > > > > > > > > > /etc/init.d/xdm start > > > > > > then report back > > > > > You are gonna laugh, out put of "/etc/init.d/xdm start" was - "starting > > GDM", well probably i did a stupid thing somewhere letting gdm coming > > over XDM but, i didnt do that on purpose - first, second i am using > > "pure" X right now by executing xinit, .xinitrc file has only "xterm" i > > have feeling it can help somehow... > > Do you want me to change topic somehow? > > > /etc/init.d/xdm is the gentoo init script for X. It does NOT necessarily start xdm, it starts what you have specified in $DISPLAYMANAGER, which > is set in /etc/rc.conf > > Therefore gdm starting is probably the correct result fo rrunning > /etc/init.d/xdm start > > OK so once you have started gdm in the correct manner, does it work? > > it does, it asks me for user and password, and if i set those 2 correct and mention that i need "gnome session" - than problems happen. Gnome is started, i can see gentoo splash screen and thats the place where it hangs... > -- > Nick Rout > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list