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 4D67313829C for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 18:16:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7158825403A; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 18:16:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) (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 793A9254022 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 18:16:31 +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 u53IGT0N022637 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 14:16:29 -0400 From: covici@ccs.covici.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cannot properly start gdm In-reply-to: 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> Comments: In-reply-to David Abbott message dated "Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:03:39 -0400." 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: <22633.1464977789.1@ccs.covici.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:16:29 -0400 Message-ID: <22634.1464977789@ccs.covici.com> X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-u53IGTQa023154 X-Archives-Salt: 5ba5990f-e858-45c7-9b6b-3ad0cd2f18ac X-Archives-Hash: 48fc39f17eaf6678eed04058c3d0f04d David Abbott wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 12:19 PM, wrote: > > David Abbott wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 10:25 AM, wrote: > >> > David Abbott wrote: > >> > > >> >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 9:46 AM, wrote: > >> >> > Thanasis wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> On 06/03/2016 12:25 PM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > >> >> >> I can login normally to a textconsole. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> Try to login to a textconsole, and run: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> startx > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > No joy there, either. The server seems to be there, but not muc= h else. > >> >> > session-binary starts, but gnome-shell is not there. > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The questi= on is: > >> >> > How do > >> >> > you spend it? > >> >> > > >> >> > John Covici > >> >> > covici@ccs.covici.com > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> Post your ~/.xinitrc and post the log created when you use startx = please. > >> >> > >> >> -- David > >> >> > >> > > >> > The original log when I try to start gdm is here > >> > > >> > https://covici.com/owncloud/index.php/s/DD4pmEiaD1CSmi9 > >> > > >> > If you need what I get from the startx, let me know. > >> > > >> I thought I did? > > > > OK, here it is > > https://covici.com/owncloud/index.php/s/MnE7NzEz1nfqUlP > > > > -- > > 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 > > > = > John I still don't see your ~/.xinitrc when you use startx. Post the > contents please. Is your video card a Nvidia Optimus? > https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-996474-start-0.html > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/NVIDIA/Optimus No, its not optimus, its a Gforce 650. I don't have the file you are looking for. My .Xsession-errors is quite old. -- = 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