Re: [gentoo-user] X not working after update

[jeff <jcranmer01@earthlink.net>]

Thanks Bo.

That did the trick.  The DISPLAYMANAGER variable used to be in rc.conf,
but the last update removed it from there.

Jeff


On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 00:17 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Thursday 09 November 2006 23:59, jeff wrote:
> > I just updated X, and now I no longer have a working install for
> > automatic startup.
> >
> > When the boot process executes, I get the error
> > "/sbin/start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory
> > (No such file or directory)"
> >
> > However, if I then log in, typing 'startx' will successfully get me into
> > kde.
> 
> Did you want to use kdm or xdm as your displaymanager? If you want to use kdm 
> then you probably need to alter DISPLAYMANAGER in /etc/conf.d/xdm. If you 
> want xdm then you probably need to emerge it.
> 


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