On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 10:48 +0000, Mick wrote: > Happy New Year to all! > > I find my self in a bit of a pickle after a recent emerge. When I > enter my username+passwd at the xdm login screen it sort of tries to > load up fluxbox, but within a second or so it returns to the login > screen. I can't see anything worth mentioning in the logs. I have > downgraded baselayout, sysvinit and freetype but the problem remains. > Any ideas? These are the packages emerged recently:
[snip] > I don't have a problem login in at the console, so this must be > xdm/Xorg related I guess. As this is the laptop that I take to work > and my holidays end today all suggestions are welcomed! :) This happens to me when one of my services has errors, or fails to start. Look for any [ !! ] or other messages on vt1. btw, this assumes you can switch back to X ok (ctrl-alt-f7 usually)? HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> You know you're using the computer too much when: you look out of the bus/car window on the way to work and think "hey, these graphics are pretty cool" -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
