>> 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
