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 1MOZlR-0007em-Bd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:12:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B820E086E; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f191.google.com (mail-yx0-f191.google.com [209.85.210.191]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39D47E086E for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe29 with SMTP id 29so8083289yxe.32 for ; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:12:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=qU/XsRYNYl6ncICxayupXWFAKKgqxVj+BKyk77y8w00=; b=IBZ8IHrCBsCSBcrZklqXVJSiWKa7mzrOAbWw/7qzBjljEIJSo71sv+QEFK8vvccwtj DZFAukLAbuNhGCnRXA6UAA/VEFtlhS0P1QqN4xqayBLpZzaPlvmWPY4CUQt/4767yI0Z r4HiUbAnZ5Vg9SIqrXTflXyU4x6F6unVerw7c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Mak3ODnhLQG9X+jcK6pB5ECuooCRMz/m4RIq3sNG9zf9x/3J/oY2Cjp61AjAmESLWs 03qzMwdpFViK2+hI0RB5LjIWaySWIOggFlUUSO5/AQTxRQWKie8lHBsGhjAFsCz8R2pO KVFLP0Qzr2vvgbZ/UmLQ5RpTJVSt5G18VFYyY= 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 Received: by 10.151.145.13 with SMTP id x13mr2247979ybn.307.1247069575966; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:12:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9acccfe50907080909s377399a0o832efd556f55b53b@mail.gmail.com> References: <9acccfe50907080909s377399a0o832efd556f55b53b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:12:55 -0700 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0907080912w67435bebr9acd2a04727e6280@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xdm wont start From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 4c0dace6-e102-4479-aef9-5234de8fb395 X-Archives-Hash: 4addd0146a4597a4906f459bd9257c84 On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Kevin O'Gorman 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