From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 589C313829C for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 22:49:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B449C25402C; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 22:48:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0200.smtp25.com (mail0200.smtp25.com [174.37.170.200]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CBF8254022 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 22:48:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.9/8.14.8) with ESMTP id u53MmrYF012092 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 18:48:53 -0400 From: covici@ccs.covici.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cannot properly start gdm In-reply-to: <1464992623.5349.30.camel@gmail.com> References: <19476.1464934459@ccs.covici.com> <57512DF4.2000603@asyr.hopto.org> <11977.1464938341@ccs.covici.com> <5751310C.8060502@asyr.hopto.org> <17810.1464945936@ccs.covici.com> <57517CA1.3020207@asyr.hopto.org> <16853.1464961562@ccs.covici.com> <5724.1464963911@ccs.covici.com> <14058.1464970786@ccs.covici.com> <22634.1464977789@ccs.covici.com> <1464992623.5349.30.camel@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to "J." =?us-ascii?Q?=3D=3FISO-8859-1=3FQ=3FGarc=3DEDa?= =?us-ascii?Q?=3F=3D?= message dated "Fri, 03 Jun 2016 16:23:43 -0600." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.5; nmh 1.6; GNU Emacs 25.1.50 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:48:53 -0400 Message-ID: <12091.1464994133@ccs.covici.com> X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-u53Mmrge007340 X-Archives-Salt: 3d01cb7e-7757-4808-bf22-e469f6a2025e X-Archives-Hash: 80d70c9f3ca7848f27da7f0ebb513658 "J." Garc=C3=ADa wrote: > El vie, 03-06-2016 a las 14:16 -0400, covici@ccs.covici.com escribi=C3=B3: > > David Abbott wrote: > > >=20 > > > John I still don't see your ~/.xinitrc when you use startx.=C2=A0 > > > ... > > I don't have the file you are looking for.=C2=A0=C2=A0My .Xsession-erro= rs is > > quite > > old. > >=20 > ~/.xinitrc you should have written if you are starting X with startx. > It's contents should be something like this if you want to start gnome: > --- > export XDG_MENU_PREFIX=3Dgnome- > exec dbus-lanuch --exit-with-session \=C2=A0 > gnome-session --session=3D${SESSION_NAME}=C2=A0 > --- > Where ${SESSION_NAME} references to one of the files in > /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions, or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnome- > session/sessions , e.g. '--session=3Dgnome', there's more info about this > in the gnome-session(1), and startx(1) manuals. >=20 > I use it as a fall-back way to start an X session with awesome WM. when > gnome isn't working(which hasn't happened in a long time), or I just > don't want to use much RAM, because I need more than 2 VMS. >=20 I do have one, but its much simpler. All I had was exec gnome-session and that was it. --=20 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com