From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MOb9T-0002bR-UF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:41:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7326AE0438; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f220.google.com (mail-gx0-f220.google.com [209.85.217.220]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5477AE0438 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 17:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk20 with SMTP id 20so14975540gxk.10 for ; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:41:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=joYopEjqOx5bf3VyEoIIca5RfjtYDcTnAy/2ayUqECI=; b=fZkaJDBKVxHbQqJRyxDTh9C5X/nJNCT79UiphqU0Oww7jcSvnGmX2fN6DrfWRvtyCo NMcXdgarwmS7cpyJMfbhGfEwPd+4geYpRp92CaO9Htkw/wBfVUeqlanC22gtRpUMxmCn qddI9JlIWKnBA005twZ0LVqKWwYklpPTpqkWA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ri9kCXleKiFWXCutIFBD3xX0zNSacNTx0kDai8yT9r7i7xzlwVpM4V4jusYprNPP6a P5dkzIaGCp4NAvUdSvVQB6QkSi509NbiOK4qDUbviHDFOJ835yv/ermdAzFlaH3by91E AmCNvd6v9xlWIbFcsDD+B+iPDc0fRZ8jZzFwM= Received: by 10.90.81.9 with SMTP id e9mr2768355agb.16.1247074897232; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:41:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?64.89.164.136? (r164h136.dixie-net.com [64.89.164.136]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm3047169agd.77.2009.07.08.10.40.22 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:41:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A54D9E2.2000706@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:39:46 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/20090628 SeaMonkey/1.1.17 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xdm wont start References: <9acccfe50907080909s377399a0o832efd556f55b53b@mail.gmail.com> <20090708171749.0b3b38ef@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <9acccfe50907081024y65767906oa8e90a1eac659638@mail.gmail.com> <9acccfe50907081027s7bbbe7c2m763a841458caa5d6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9acccfe50907081027s7bbbe7c2m763a841458caa5d6@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7bf1887b-787f-44e0-a811-af3d474db8ff X-Archives-Hash: fc1f32e8646fa224f6b7ea789e902502 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:09:18 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> >>> >>>> /sbin/start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory >>>> >>> You don't have xdm installed, have you checked /etc/conf.d/xdm? >>> >>> >> I do have xinit, which installs /etc/init.d/xdm. I see no ebuild >> called xdm, so if there's something else I need, please tell me. >> >> Note that the path it's complaining about is something in /usr/bin, >> and that indeed could be the problem. >> > > Oh, and /etc/conf.d/xdm exists: > > kevin@kermod ~ $ cat xdm-090708a > # We always try and start X on a static VT. The various DMs normally default > # to using VT7. If you wish to use the xdm init script, then you should ensure > # that the VT checked is the same VT your DM wants to use. We do this check to > # ensure that you have't accidently configured something to run on the VT > # in your /etc/inittab file so that you don't get a dead keyboard. > CHECKVT=7 > > # What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm | kdm-3.5 | > kdm-4.0 | gpe | entrance ] > # NOTE: If this is set in /etc/rc.conf, that setting will override this one. > # KDE-specific note: kdm-3.5 and kdm-4.0 are just examples. You will find all > # possible versions by looking at the directories in /usr/kde/. > DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" > kevin@kermod ~ $ > > I've tried changing the DISPLAYMANAGER to kde, and I get different > symptoms. This gets complicated, so I'm just reporting here what I > started with. > > You should not set the DISPLAYMANAGER to kde, it should be kdm. Note the "m" instead of the "e". Setting that to kde will not work but kdm just might. Dale :-) :-)