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 BED0913829C for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 14:03:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0EE9B141E5; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 14:03:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f173.google.com (mail-yw0-f173.google.com [209.85.161.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D51DF254022 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 14:03:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yw0-f173.google.com with SMTP id c127so80892545ywb.1 for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2016 07:03:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=4ixfibaO0tobgDT065oUYTkmSQVljaoOM2jjHmXKLNA=; b=hkueI/q34WZQZ7GXJnRPS6Nz8x4dP3uEBh01fkGeu2CY3Jtci4yK9I7Q//OYJe65Hj 5BJ0rdELLq3sLfFQFIgTeHJs6XyuPcFKkAqcwdXoLKfmaHAx7zCsLSgdBT/W+RkY6E3U de1lOt4LLePHxzx6Gz+GMcd0DBwKQNXHT1Rv0yrV3+RqeR0DukfdE5FXLqOUPftq6LP1 yB9qyqo9ZT13qZPSR94rfcYNofWb2YRGgLyA6mpFn5p58a7avh4db5XZx5Ei3roacrrK CCiJ0MAORX2onAhtlTa414Jyh2xW9Mv4nGKOsgr1Vya/Cr+SFVBve98Wbgf2CiZR7zuW SUKw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=4ixfibaO0tobgDT065oUYTkmSQVljaoOM2jjHmXKLNA=; b=j3ATqv6Wjo2dI4ovZAj/3vgfUVxUns6VDfCzbL3ZCTFmDr8BUXgxWCyIfj9nIVNwVR qYZBi9NxPbEN5e0V/9nQVaH7P0IGoE4m9VjMUjS+YnLDhjyLD8FrV+HZop7loNRUsCxL XmucoDNxg9aYGckyVCWfPpOMyEXSgjJRBXGCaYbpFAqJmWQ9Qgxvp2kI72pdkgA0EZAw 5sgOb04k43a+QKznwsp8jvCK/h97GV1RFo+eSw8bp8nXbS7uQQY2mFPXF+m9LxFqMqEs RCG1EoIY6GytO6+T/ZSak/oCPZOqCBIrAXjAVhDmTVxMI+mQ121tFPbyJ6+je6sgPZsd 8bBg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tL/by/rRbJ34ehCshAt1iIEagXqbGz5CTCMviJ0G8yRtBChfNxvZbRgAGC2MUiMOKTkmqWHM8xOHjWOeQ== X-Received: by 10.37.81.137 with SMTP id f131mr2317968ybb.54.1464962612636; Fri, 03 Jun 2016 07:03:32 -0700 (PDT) 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 Sender: comprookie2000@gmail.com Received: by 10.37.207.204 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Jun 2016 07:03:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <16853.1464961562@ccs.covici.com> References: <19476.1464934459@ccs.covici.com> <57512DF4.2000603@asyr.hopto.org> <11977.1464938341@ccs.covici.com> <5751310C.8060502@asyr.hopto.org> <17810.1464945936@ccs.covici.com> <57517CA1.3020207@asyr.hopto.org> <16853.1464961562@ccs.covici.com> From: David Abbott Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:03:31 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9lfxAi_dPs9DBtOwiYYQlSVpciE Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cannot properly start gdm To: PR Gentoo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 7704bb95-62f2-49e0-9a0c-3c4da6d01425 X-Archives-Hash: d42b3a1e26d104eabefc3df330b3f5f2 On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 9:46 AM, wrote: > Thanasis wrote: > >> On 06/03/2016 12:25 PM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: >> I can login normally to a textconsole. >> > >> Try to login to a textconsole, and run: >> >> startx >> > > No joy there, either. The server seems to be there, but not much else. > session-binary starts, but gnome-shell is not there. > > -- > 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 > Post your ~/.xinitrc and post the log created when you use startx please. -- David