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 AD2E713829C for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 09:25:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 005B4254045; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 09:25:41 +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 CFE2F254037 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 09:25:39 +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 u539PaMd017811 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 05:25:36 -0400 From: covici@ccs.covici.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cannot properly start gdm In-reply-to: <5751310C.8060502@asyr.hopto.org> References: <19476.1464934459@ccs.covici.com> <57512DF4.2000603@asyr.hopto.org> <11977.1464938341@ccs.covici.com> <5751310C.8060502@asyr.hopto.org> Comments: In-reply-to Thanasis message dated "Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:26:04 +0300." 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="us-ascii" Content-ID: <17708.1464945936.1@ccs.covici.com> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 05:25:36 -0400 Message-ID: <17810.1464945936@ccs.covici.com> X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-u539PbKH024147 X-Archives-Salt: 152d8c62-1586-43a9-bc67-41f376526ad1 X-Archives-Hash: e31e6bcc6de1909d4098fcbb5b7cd6b6 Thanasis wrote: > On 06/03/2016 10:19 AM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Thanasis wrote: > > > >> On 06/03/2016 09:14 AM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > >>> Hi. I am having problems starting gdm using the latest from the gnome > >>> overlay. Its been going on for a while and started about end of March. > >>> Here is a log file of what goes on and I cannot get orca to even start, > >>> so something is definitely wrong here. > >>> > >>> > >>> https://covici.com/owncloud/index.php/s/DD4pmEiaD1CSmi9 > >>> > >>> I hope some kind soul can help, this is getting frustrating. > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > >>> > >> > >> The problem may be related to nautilus not working. > >> Try logging in at a console (tty) terminal and running startx > >> (startx is from the x11-apps/xinit package) > >> > > > > Thanks for your reply, but I never use nautilus, I can't even log in to > > the system. > > > > > nautilus is part of gnome (if you use it ...) > Do you mean, you cannot login, not even in terminal (without X)? I mean I cannot log into a user with gdm, I don't even get the gdm login screen. I can login normally to a textconsole. -- 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