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gionnico
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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: [X install] startx: doesn't fully work |
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I was following the http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml guide.
I configured X and then give "X" to see if it worked.
It did: the mouse worked, the size of the screen was right.
Then I tried startx. And it didn't start twm.
It just started a black screen of the right size, after a while it turned on the backlight of the lcd panel and the x-shaped mouse appeared. Nothing else, though.
startx log
Maybe it's a UTF-8 problem? I've just installed it_IT.UTF-8 charset and not a ISO-8859-1/15 (latin1, latin9 ecc.).
If so can I just ignore that twm doesn't support unicode? |
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mimosinnet
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Location: Barcelona, Spain
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject: Re: [X install] startx: doesn't fully work |
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| gionnico wrote: | | Maybe it's a UTF-8 problem? I've just installed it_IT.UTF-8 charset and not a ISO-8859-1/15 (latin1, latin9 ecc.). |
I do not think it is a utf-8 issue. From your log, it seems you are using an ATI-Radeon graphics card. Have you had a look at this gentoo guide?
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gionnico
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:17 am Post subject: Re: [X install] startx: doesn't fully work |
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| mimosinnet wrote: | | gionnico wrote: | | Maybe it's a UTF-8 problem? I've just installed it_IT.UTF-8 charset and not a ISO-8859-1/15 (latin1, latin9 ecc.). |
I do not think it is a utf-8 issue. From your log, it seems you are using an ATI-Radeon graphics card. Have you had a look at this gentoo guide?
Cheers! |
Uhm .. did already.
I used radeon open source drivers in the past (2007.*), x86.
DRI and OpenGL shouldn't be important at this level ... |
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pappy_mcfae
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Looks to me like twm is failing to start because you don't have the fonts installed for which it's looking. twm is NOT smart enough to use any other fonts.
Blessed be!
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lapuita
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Location: Belgium
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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I have the same problem with X (gentoo 64 and nvidia) after installation and
configuring xorg.
I installed gnome gdm and nvidia. I can launch only gnome failsafe in root by
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/xdm start |
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no by startx
It is just to say that you are not alone.
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mimosinnet
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:43 am Post subject: |
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| lapuita wrote: | | I have the same problem with X (gentoo 64 and nvidia). |
Not sure it is the same problem as the symptoms look different.
| lapuita wrote: | I installed gnome gdm and nvidia. I can launch only gnome failsafe in root by
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/xdm start |
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no by startx |
XSESSION is the variable that controls the window manager that will be launched by startx. For example, I am using fvwm. If I issue:
| Code: | $ echo $XSESSION
fvwm |
There is information on how to set the XSESSION variable in these guides (depending on the baselayout version you are using):
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml
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