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 5E1C51381F3 for ; Tue, 14 May 2013 01:41:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 780ACE096F; Tue, 14 May 2013 01:40:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5CC15E095A for ; Tue, 14 May 2013 01:40:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (d-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.158.174] (may be forged)) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r4E1ejn1025987 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 13 May 2013 21:40:46 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.7/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r4E1ejKS031675 for ; Mon, 13 May 2013 21:40:45 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome not working In-reply-to: <51918331.1040407@gmail.com> References: <10356.1368443162@ccs.covici.com> <51918331.1040407@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to walt message dated "Mon, 13 May 2013 17:20:01 -0700." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 21:40:45 -0400 Message-ID: <31672.1368495645@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-r4E1ejn1025987 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 X-Archives-Salt: 7c5ca1a9-f60a-4dc5-82ae-43caba83e5ae X-Archives-Hash: e15066c92c8b39dc6e7959b731af6701 walt wrote: > On 05/13/2013 04:06 AM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > When I start gdm, I get a message on the screen which says oh no, > > something has gone wrong. > > If I had a bitcoin for every time I've seen that message I could buy > all of us a beer. Maybe two :) > > > The log file is at > > http://pastebin.com/qwNE7ee6 -- I would appreciate any help. > > There are no obvious problems in your Xorg log, so the real error > is not logged there. I don't use gdm so I'm not sure where those > errors are logged. Anyone? > > The main reason I don't like using one of the *dm display managers > is exactly to avoid this sort of PITA where you can't even see the > real error messages. That's why I use startx instead. > > Anyway, the trick *I* would try is to add the gentoo=nox kernel > option to the grub boot prompt (assuming you use grub) to prevent > gentoo from even trying to start an X session, thus avoiding gdm > and allowing you to use startx so you can read the gnome error > messages on the console while X starts up. > > If you can ssh into that machine you could also try removing xdm > from your /etc/runlevels/default directory, assuming it's there. > I'm not at all sure how the *dms are usually started during boot, > so someone else could give you a better answer. > Well, I don't boot right into gdm or any display manager, I started gdm by hand. I did try startx, but got the same result, but I can get the .xsessionerrors, so maybe someone can figure that out. Its at http://pastebin.com/JJrdxWHB . -- 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