Re: [gentoo-user] Xdm doesn ´t start anymore
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Oliver Klein wrote: > Hi > > Thx a lot that was the mistake, x11-apps/xdm was not installed, but i´m sure > it was installed befor update the system...now i got a login window. But it > was not very comfortable and the background is full with "snow" like a bad > TV frame. Any ideas how to fix this.. http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Changing_Gray_Startup_Background Urs -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Xdm doesn´t start anymore
Hi Thx a lot that was the mistake, x11-apps/xdm was not installed, but i´m sure it was installed befor update the system...now i got a login window. But it was not very comfortable and the background is full with "snow" like a bad TV frame. Any ideas how to fix this... Regards Olly On 22.09.2006 20:42 Uhr, "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 22 September 2006 20:21, Oliver Klein wrote: >> After update the hole system xdm doesn´t start anymore. During the boot >> process i saw this error message >> >> /sbin/start-stop-daemon stat /usr/bin/xdm no such file or directory >> Error could not start the display manager >> >> I have installed xorg-7.0 and in my rc.conf i add the following lines >> >> ISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" >> XSESSION="kde-3.5" >> >> So what´s wrong here and how can i solve this? Thx in advance! > > Did you follow the migration guide [1]? Did you emerge x11-apps/xdm (or > virtual/x11)? If you did please post the output of (equery is part of > app-portage/gentoolkit): > > # equery check x11-apps/xdm > > [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Xdm doesn´t start anymore
Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Friday 22 September 2006 20:21, Oliver Klein wrote: >> After update the hole system xdm doesn´t start anymore. During the boot >> process i saw this error message >> >> /sbin/start-stop-daemon stat /usr/bin/xdm no such file or directory >> Error could not start the display manager >> >> I have installed xorg-7.0 and in my rc.conf i add the following lines >> >> ISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" You should probably set this line to DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" At least that's how I have mine set and it works. Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Xdm doesn´t start anymore
On Friday 22 September 2006 20:21, Oliver Klein wrote: > After update the hole system xdm doesn´t start anymore. During the boot > process i saw this error message > > /sbin/start-stop-daemon stat /usr/bin/xdm no such file or directory > Error could not start the display manager > > I have installed xorg-7.0 and in my rc.conf i add the following lines > > ISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" > XSESSION="kde-3.5" > > So what´s wrong here and how can i solve this? Thx in advance! Did you follow the migration guide [1]? Did you emerge x11-apps/xdm (or virtual/x11)? If you did please post the output of (equery is part of app-portage/gentoolkit): # equery check x11-apps/xdm [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml -- Bo Andresen pgpHZBkucbfxs.pgp Description: PGP signature
