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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody using lightdm?
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:39:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw23DKDdXCt_ttZseg0yGA5oGO9PA_UKVL3kxA5xcgnxBA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+czFiDn2kNyjRfRWRpseOcm+f0Ue-D7M6OCzdMworCqMKqVUQ@mail.gmail.com>

>> Has anyone set up lightdm?  I'm using it with the default config file
>> but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log.  gdm works fine.
>>  Any ideas?
>
> I'm not using lightdm, but my understanding is that it's as minimalist
> as you can get while still technically using a display manager. Check
> into its configuration in /etc/config, etc. Find out exactly what it's
> using (launching) for an xinitrc.
>
> Also check out ~/.X*, and see if there are any user-local errors or logs of use.

Thanks, got it working by recompiling udev as mentioned in the last
comment here:

http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org/2011/09/18/lightdm-on-gentoo-artwork-needed/

- Grant



  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-18 22:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-18 21:11 [gentoo-user] Anybody using lightdm? Grant
2012-02-18 22:15 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 22:39   ` Grant [this message]
2012-02-21 18:04     ` Grant
2012-02-21 19:10       ` Grant
2012-02-21 19:25         ` Grant
2012-02-18 22:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant
2012-02-18 23:35   ` Michael Cook
2012-02-19  0:30     ` Grant
2012-02-19 11:23       ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-19 19:23         ` Grant
2012-02-19 11:44       ` Mick
2012-02-19 21:00   ` Stefan G. Weichinger
2012-02-19 22:57     ` Grant
2012-02-19 22:59     ` Michael Mol
2012-02-19 23:02       ` Grant
2012-02-20 18:08         ` Jorge Martínez López
2012-02-20 18:32           ` Stefan G. Weichinger

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