[gentoo-user] kde/kdm ~x86 failure

[gentoo-user] kde/kdm ~x86 failure

[Michael W. Holdeman]

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My up-to-date ~x86 laptop, that I updated last night now fails to start
kdm/kde. It has been working fine, after adding the necessary lines to
package.mask a month ago or so relating to xorg7 and nvidia-glx.

I am not sure what was updated with my update last night that would have
been giving me problems. X starts fine, and I try to run startkde from x and
it starts then gives me a black screen.

When booting kdm trys to start, gives me teh background then flashes the
login box, then just keeps blanking, flashing teh login box.

Any one else having this problem?

Any idea what was updated in ~x86 yest. that would give me problems here? I
have run a current cfg-update -u.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Mike

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Re: [gentoo-user] kde/kdm ~x86 failure

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:29:54 -0400, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:

> Any idea what was updated in ~x86 yest. that would give me problems
> here?

"genlop --list --date yesterday" will show you what you emerged, then
you can roll back any likely contenders. If you don't have genlop
installed, emerge it.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

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Re: [gentoo-user] kde/kdm ~x86 failure

[Michael W. Holdeman]

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On 6/20/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:29:54 -0400, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
>
> > Any idea what was updated in ~x86 yest. that would give me problems
> > here?
>
> "genlop --list --date yesterday" will show you what you emerged, then
> you can roll back any likely contenders. If you don't have genlop
> installed, emerge it.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
>
>
> Hmm..
gmp
udev
freetype
gtk+
DBI

I don't see anything there to hinder me...

Maybe xdm??

Mike

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[gentoo-user] Re: kde/kdm ~x86 failure

[Jason Weisberger]

I have had this same problem since updating to 3.5.3 and each of the
r* releases.  Any ideas would be appreciated!

On 6/20/06, Michael W. Holdeman <mholdeman@gmail.com> wrote:
> My up-to-date ~x86 laptop, that I updated last night now fails to start
> kdm/kde. It has been working fine, after adding the necessary lines to
> package.mask a month ago or so relating to xorg7 and nvidia-glx.
>
> I am not sure what was updated with my update last night that would have
> been giving me problems. X starts fine, and I try to run startkde from x and
> it starts then gives me a black screen.
>
> When booting kdm trys to start, gives me teh background then flashes the
> login box, then just keeps blanking, flashing teh login box.
>
> Any one else having this problem?
>
> Any idea what was updated in ~x86 yest. that would give me problems here? I
> have run a current cfg-update -u.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Mike
>
>


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jbdubbs@gmail.com
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde/kdm ~x86 failure

[Michael W. Holdeman]

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On 6/20/06, Jason Weisberger <jbdubbs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have had this same problem since updating to 3.5.3 and each of the
> r* releases.  Any ideas would be appreciated!


How did you get it to work? I had 3.5.3 working, could have been with the
r1-r2?

Mike


On 6/20/06, Michael W. Holdeman <mholdeman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > My up-to-date ~x86 laptop, that I updated last night now fails to start
> > kdm/kde. It has been working fine, after adding the necessary lines to
> > package.mask a month ago or so relating to xorg7 and nvidia-glx.
> >
> > I am not sure what was updated with my update last night that would have
> > been giving me problems. X starts fine, and I try to run startkde from x
> and
> > it starts then gives me a black screen.
> >
> > When booting kdm trys to start, gives me teh background then flashes the
> > login box, then just keeps blanking, flashing teh login box.
> >
> > Any one else having this problem?
> >
> > Any idea what was updated in ~x86 yest. that would give me problems
> here? I
> > have run a current cfg-update -u.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Jason Weisberger
> jbdubbs@gmail.com
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] kde/kdm ~x86 failure

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:38:41 -0400, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:

> gmp
> udev
> freetype
> gtk+
> DBI
> 
> I don't see anything there to hinder me...

You do, you just don't realise it! I've just had the same thing happen
when I tried to restart KDE. Rolling freetype back from 2.1.10-r1 to
2.1.10 fixed it.

It turns out it's already been reported on Bugzilla, but you wouldn't
have found it searching for KDE/KDM.

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137388


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Death is proven to be 99.9% fatal to all laboratory rats.

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Re: [gentoo-user] kde/kdm ~x86 failure

[Michael W. Holdeman]

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On 6/20/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:38:41 -0400, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
>
> > gmp
> > udev
> > freetype
> > gtk+
> > DBI
> >
> > I don't see anything there to hinder me...
>
> You do, you just don't realise it! I've just had the same thing happen
> when I tried to restart KDE. Rolling freetype back from 2.1.10-r1 to
> 2.1.10 fixed it.
>
> It turns out it's already been reported on Bugzilla, but you wouldn't
> have found it searching for KDE/KDM.
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137388
>
> DUHHH!!! I forgot to check the bugzilla on the ebuilds that genlop
> reported... .I was soo wrapped up in kde and x being the problem. You
> downgraded freetype and all is well.



Thanks,

Mike

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> Neil Bothwick
>
> Death is proven to be 99.9% fatal to all laboratory rats.
>
>
>

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