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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:12:55 -0700
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xdm wont start
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not getting anywhere with X, and the scripts themselves seem to be
> screwed up.
> I've re-emerged x11-apps/xinit to no avail, and I'm current with
> revdep-rebuild. =C2=A0I have no idea what else to try.
>
> Here's a transcript; no log is created in /var/log/Xorg.0.log so I
> don't think I have any further information:
>
> Script started on Wed 08 Jul 2009 09:00:25 AM PDT
> treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm stop
> =C2=A0* Stopping xdm ...
> /sbin/start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory
> (No such file or directory)
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 [ ok ]
> treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm zap
> =C2=A0* Manually resetting xdm to stopped state.
> treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm start
> =C2=A0* Setting up xdm ...
> start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory (No
> such file or directory)
> =C2=A0* ERROR: could not start the Display Manager =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 [ ok ]
> treat ~ # exit
>
> Script done on Wed 08 Jul 2009 09:00:53 AM PDT
>
>
> --
> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
>
>
So is xdm emerged? Seems strange.
Are you using gnome by chance? You can change the display manager you
choose inside of /etc/conf.d/xdm where I set gdm. emerge gdm and for
me it just works.
Good luck,
Mark