From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IBfs7-0004Aw-Ly for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:57:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6JNu8JT023930; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:56:08 GMT Received: from mra05.ch.as12513.net (mra05.ch.as12513.net [82.153.254.73]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6JNpit8019203 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:51:44 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mra05.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C5C5C46C7 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:51:44 +0100 (BST) Received: from mra05.ch.as12513.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mra05.ch.as12513.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16823-01-39 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:51:43 +0100 (BST) Received: from compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org [213.152.39.90]) by mra05.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39987C470B for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:51:43 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.10.191] (unknown [192.168.1.200]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67033137815 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:51:39 +0100 (BST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: References: <200707180803.12907.mail@eliasprobst.eu> <469DB026.2030104@bellsouth.net> <200707181926.42067.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <782EF03D-2DBE-401A-A3FF-76A288DD2E96@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Stroller Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] XSESSION="Xsession" doesn't work! Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:51:38 +0100 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Virus-Scanned: by Eclipse VIRUSshield at eclipse.net.uk X-Archives-Salt: 38b750e4-fd1a-49d0-9597-ec3a12f9a347 X-Archives-Hash: 84b5dee128995f113512fcf13c81cbd7 Thanks very much indeed for your help, James. On 19 Jul 2007, at 00:47, James Ausmus wrote: > >> If anyone has time to change XSESSION="Xsession" and log on to their >> machine as a new user I would be grateful to hear what results they >> get. I can't help wondering if this is a little-tested option and >> can't help hoping it's broken globally. > > Did so - changed DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" and XSESSION="Xsession", and I > get the same login scenario that you described - ugly (yup, that's xdm > all right), proceeds to a Session Menu dialog with Load Session, > Delete Session, and Default/Fail Safe as options. I select > Default/Fail Safe, and I then have to place the xsm window and then an > xterm window, and everything seems as I would expect from twm. > > A few questions: > > 1. Once you are logged in, if you left or right-click on the gray > background, do any options come up? Nope, none at all. Nothing happens. I have no way at all of knowing the mouse buttons are working - except, of course, that they work when I click on the window with the Default/Fail Safe options. > 2. What is the output of emerge -pv twm xsm xterm $ emerge -pv twm xsm xterm These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] x11-wm/twm-1.0.3 USE="-debug" 0 kB [ebuild R ] x11-apps/xsm-1.0.1 USE="-debug -xprint" 115 kB [ebuild R ] x11-terms/xterm-225 USE="truetype unicode -Xaw3d - paste64 -toolbar" 803 kB Total: 3 packages (3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 917 kB $ I think I remerged twm around the time I originally posted, but will have another go at recompiling all of these now. > 3. Any output from revdep-rebuild -p -v? $ revdep-rebuild -p -v Configuring search environment for revdep-rebuild Checking reverse dependencies... Packages containing binaries and libraries broken by a package update will be emerged. Collecting system binaries and libraries... done. (/home/stroller/.revdep-rebuild.1_files) Collecting complete LD_LIBRARY_PATH... done. (/home/stroller/.revdep-rebuild.2_ldpath) Checking dynamic linking consistency... done. (/home/stroller/.revdep-rebuild.3_rebuild) Assigning files to ebuilds... Nothing to rebuild Evaluating package order... done. (/home/stroller/.revdep-rebuild.5_order) Dynamic linking on your system is consistent... All done. $ :( Stroller. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list