Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Alex Schuster ha scritto:
econti writes:
Hi all
to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x).
A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message:
Setting up kdm . . .
start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument
Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information
*ERROR: could not start the Display Manager
Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much.
So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works!
How can I make kdm start on boot again?
Does this give anyy output? It should give /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kdm.
. /lib/rcscripts/sh/rc-services.sh
get_options service xdm
In /etc/X11/startDM.sh, in line 22, this is being used to determine what to
start with `start-stop-daemon --exec ${EXEC} a few lines later:
EXEC="$(get_options service)"
Well, to-day I made the following attempts:
hard coded the path to kdm in /etc/X11/startDM.sh, so the previuos line
became:
EXEC="/usr/kde/3.4/bin/kdm
and kdm starts on boot. Then I tried also:
EXEC="$(cat /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service)"
and this works too!
Conclusion: it is $(get_options service) that does not work correctly
after upgrading xorg.
Emilio
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Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Alex Schuster ha scritto:
econti writes:
Hi all
to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x).
A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message:
Setting up kdm . . .
start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument
Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information
*ERROR: could not start the Display Manager
Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much.
So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works!
How can I make kdm start on boot again?
Does this give anyy output? It should give /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kdm.
. /lib/rcscripts/sh/rc-services.sh
get_options service xdm
The output is nothing.
But if I run
cat /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service
the output is: /usr/kde/3.4/bin/kdm (yes, I should upgrade kde)
/var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/pidfile and
/var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/name are empty
In /etc/X11/startDM.sh, in line 22, this is being used to determine what to
start with `start-stop-daemon --exec ${EXEC} a few lines later:
EXEC="$(get_options service)"
I think you get empty output, so EXEC is empty, and start-stop-daemon
complains about a missing argument.
get_options reads the file /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service, if existing.
It should be created by the correspnding save_options routine
in /etc/init.d/xdm. Maybe you could add a
set -xv
before the
save_options "service" "${EXE}"
Here is the output:
+++ save_options name ''
+++ local myopts=name
+++ shift
+++ '[' '!' -d /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm ']'
+++ mkdir -p -m 0755 /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm
+++ echo ''
+++ return 0
+++ save_options pidfile ''
+++ local myopts=pidfile
+++ shift
+++ '[' `!' -d /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm ']'
+++ echo ''
+++ return 0
+++ '[' -n 7 ']'
+++ vtstatic 7
+++ '[' -e /etc/inittab ']'
+++ grep -Eq '^[^#]+.*\' /etc/inittab
+++ /etc/X11/startDM.sh
+++ Setting up kdm . . .
+++ start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument
+++ Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information
+++ *ERROR: could not start the Display Manager
+++ eend 0
+++ local retval=0
+++ shift
+++ _eend 0 eerror ''
+++ local retval=0 efunc=eerror msg
+++ shift 2
+++ [[ 0 == 0 ]]
+++ [[ no == yes ]]
+++ msg='[ ok ]'
+++ [[ yes == yes ]]
'++ echo -e'
+++ return 0
+++ LAST_E_CMD=eend
+++ return 0
line in order to get useful debug output. After a quick look, I do not see
what the problem could be there.
Alex
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Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
On Tuesday 16 October 2007, econti wrote: > It does not work! ;-( > DISPLAYMANAGER was already set to kdm > In my opinion the trouble is in /etc/X11/startDM.sh, but I do not know > where. Try to do: emerge -1 baselayout I vaguely remember something about xinit and baselayout being dependent on having been reemerged in the right order. -- /PA -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
econti writes:
> Hi all
> to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x).
> A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message:
>
> Setting up kdm . . .
> start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument
> Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information
> *ERROR: could not start the Display Manager
>
> Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much.
> So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works!
>
> How can I make kdm start on boot again?
Does this give anyy output? It should give /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kdm.
. /lib/rcscripts/sh/rc-services.sh
get_options service xdm
In /etc/X11/startDM.sh, in line 22, this is being used to determine what to
start with `start-stop-daemon --exec ${EXEC} a few lines later:
EXEC="$(get_options service)"
I think you get empty output, so EXEC is empty, and start-stop-daemon
complains about a missing argument.
get_options reads the file /var/lib/init.d/options/xdm/service, if existing.
It should be created by the correspnding save_options routine
in /etc/init.d/xdm. Maybe you could add a
set -xv
before the
save_options "service" "${EXE}"
line in order to get useful debug output. After a quick look, I do not see
what the problem could be there.
Alex
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Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Patrick Holthaus ha scritto: Hey! There's no way to set the DM in Xorg's config. The DM is set in /etc/conf.d/rc (or was it /etc/rc.conf?). It should be /etc/conf.d/xdm DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" Patrick It does not work! ;-( DISPLAYMANAGER was already set to kdm In my opinion the trouble is in /etc/X11/startDM.sh, but I do not know where. Emilio -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Am Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2007 schrieb Patrick Holthaus: > Hey! > > > There's no way to set the DM in Xorg's config. The DM is set in > > /etc/conf.d/rc (or was it /etc/rc.conf?). > > It should be /etc/conf.d/xdm > > DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" Oh, yes. Forgot that it was moved to this file a while ago. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Hey! > There's no way to set the DM in Xorg's config. The DM is set in > /etc/conf.d/rc (or was it /etc/rc.conf?). It should be /etc/conf.d/xdm DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" Patrick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
>From looking at my system, I have: DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm" in the /etc/conf.d/xdm file. If you change yours to kdm instead of gdm and make sure it's in the run levels: rc-update add xdm default Unless I'm missing something, that should work. -- Original message -- From: econti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi all > to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x). > A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message: > > Setting up kdm . . . > start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument > Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information > *ERROR: could not start the Display Manager > > Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much. > So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works! > > How can I make kdm start on boot again? > > Ciao > emilio > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Am Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2007 schrieb Isaiah Dunham: > Did you make sure KDM is set as the Display Manager in Xorg config? There's no way to set the DM in Xorg's config. The DM is set in /etc/conf.d/rc (or was it /etc/rc.conf?). Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Did you make sure KDM is set as the Display Manager in Xorg config? I Had this problem once before awhile ago, and that was the solution to the problem. econti wrote: Hi all to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x). A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message: Setting up kdm . . . start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information *ERROR: could not start the Display Manager Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much. So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works! How can I make kdm start on boot again? Ciao emilio -- Isaiah Dunham IT Coordinator Clarion Bathware 814-782-3016 ext 106 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] kdm does not start on boot
Hi all to-day I successfully updated Xorg (from 6.x to 7.x). A little trouble only; on boot I receive the following error message: Setting up kdm . . . start-stop-daemon: option `--exec' requires an argument Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information *ERROR: could not start the Display Manager Well, I tried `start-stop-daemon --help' but I did not understand much. So I ran 'kdm' from command line and . . . KDE works! How can I make kdm start on boot again? Ciao emilio -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
