[gentoo-user] Re: (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard

[walt <w41ter@gmail.com>]

On 03/21/2010 05:33 AM, Leandro Boscariol wrote:
> Well, I`ve got this:
>
> /etc/conf.d/xdm
> ...
> DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm"
> ...
>
> /etc/rc.conf
> ...
> # Gnome - will start gnome-session
> # kde-<version> - will start startkde (look in /etc/X11/Sessions/)
> # Xfce4 - will start a XFCE4 session
> # Xsession - will start a terminal and a few other nice apps
> XSESSION="kde-4"
>
> Then I remembered about /etc/X11/Sessions and switched it for KDE-4, but still...
>
> Also tried commenting the line XSESSION, and nothing again.
>
> But, I`m thinking about this note in /etc/rc.conf:
>
> # NOTE:  1) this behaviour is overridden when a ~/.xinitrc exists, and startx
> #           is called.
>
> This is the command called when I use startx, right? If so, how can I make xdm use it as well? Or the problem is somewhere else here?

In the old days, xdm used your ~/.xsession instead of ~/.xinitrc.  I see that
/etc/X11/Sessions/Xsession still reads ~/.xsession, but I don't use kde so I
don't know what /etc/X11/Sessions/KDE-4 (or kde?) does when you run it.

Whatever is in that file must do something different than just run startkde, so
take a look at it.