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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:22:25 -0700
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xdm wont start
From: "Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Mark Knecht<markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. =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
>> =A0* Stopping xdm ...
>> /sbin/start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory
>> (No such file or directory)
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 [ ok ]
>> treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm zap
>> =A0* Manually resetting xdm to stopped state.
>> treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm start
>> =A0* Setting up xdm ...
>> start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory (No
>> such file or directory)
>> =A0* ERROR: could not start the Display Manager =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =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.
xdm comes from xinit, which is emerged.
> 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.
Back in May, when this was working, it booted into KDE. However,
/etc/conf.d/xdm seems to be set to start "xdm", which is loopy. When
I change it to kde, it's says it's starting kde, but nothing happens
and the log says no devices detected and no screens found.
>
> Good luck,
> Mark
Thanks.
++ kevin
--=20
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD