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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Bo Andresen