On Sunday, 23 June 2024 02:21:11 BST Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > On Saturday, 22 June 2024 19:13:42 BST Dale wrote: > >> Dale wrote: > >>> Michael wrote: > >> root@Gentoo-1 ~ # xrandr --verbose > >> Can't open display > >> root@Gentoo-1 ~ # > >> > >> > >> That's after I started display-manager but this time, it did nothing. > >> The screen stayed on a console. I did move the cable to another port > >> before booting up. > > > > The xerver is not running. > > How do I start it? I did a /etc/init.d/ <tab twice> and I see > display-manager and xdm. I been using display-manager. I have sddm set > for display-manager. Like this. > > > root@Gentoo-1 ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/xdm
What you show below is the content of /etc/conf.d/display-manager, NOT of xdm. > # We always try and start X on a static VT. The various DMs normally default > # to using VT7. If you wish to use the xdm init script, then you should > ensure > # that the VT checked is the same VT your DM wants to use. We do this > check to > # ensure that you haven't accidentally configured something to run on the VT > # in your /etc/inittab file so that you don't get a dead keyboard. > CHECKVT=7 > > # What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | sddm | gpe | lightdm > > | entrance ] > > # NOTE: If this is set in /etc/rc.conf, that setting will override this one. > DISPLAYMANAGER="sddm" Make sure you do not start both xdm and sddm as an rc service concurrently. Just display-manager will do. > >> This is the other info except nothing xorg there, just wayland. See > >> below for more on that. > >> > >> > >> root@Gentoo-1 ~ # cat /home/dale/.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log > > > > I thought you said you were having a problem starting a X session, not > > starting a Wayland session. What desktop session are you selecting in > > your > > SDDM? > > > > [snip ...] > > That made me think. After a few attempts, I got the sddm login screen > to come up. I checked and it was logging me into a KDE wayland session, > as a default. Wayland has been having problems with sddm for some time now - on some systems. I have had to stay with sddm-0.18.1-r8 on this box to be able to start Wayland, or I end up with a black screen and a blinking cursor on the top left corner: https://bugs.gentoo.org/913862 https://bugs.gentoo.org/915483 > I changed it to x11. Good, let's have some consistency! :-) > The first time, it logged in but > nothing plasma showed up. No panel at the bottom and a black screen for > the background. The only thing there was gkrellm. I leave it there so > I can tell if it is working, to some degree at least. Otherwise, it is > just a black screen. OK, partial progress at least. What happens if you drop into a console and restart display-manager? Will it load a full and functioning X11 plasma session? > > kde-plasma/plasma-meta-6.1.0 is still in testing - I sync'ed earlier > > today: > > > > ~ $ eshowkw kde-plasma/plasma-meta > > > > Keywords for kde-plasma/plasma-meta: > > | | u | > > | > > | a a p s l r a | n | > > | m r h p p i o i s l m m | e u s | r > > | d a m p p c a x a o s 3 p 6 i | a s l | e > > | 6 r 6 p p 6 r 8 6 n c 9 h 8 p | p e o | p > > | 4 m 4 a c 4 c 6 4 g v 0 a k s | i d t | o > > > > --------------+-------------------------------+-------+------- > > [I]5.27.11-r1 | + ~ + o o ~ o + o ~ ~ o o o o | 8 o 5 | gentoo > > --------------+-------------------------------+-------+------- > > > > 6.1.0 | ~ o o o o o o o o o o o o o o | 8 o 6 | gentoo > > I see some qt stuff that is version 6. KDE has gotten pretty > confusing. It depends on qt so much that KDE depends heavily on > versions matching up somehow. Best you stick with a stable portage for now, at least until you get your GUI working. > Is there a guide about installing the GUI parts, including KDE? I found > a Xorg guide. I'm good all the way down to startx. At that point, > nothing. I installed xterm just so startx should show some windows on > the screen. Nothing. Monitor goes to sleep. I don't have a clear understanding of what you try, what results you obtain and what you change in your approach: - display-manager with sddm, selecting a plasma X11 session? - display-manager with sddm, selecting a plasma Wayland session? - startx with xserver? - startx with wayland? - startx with something else?
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