yes, you are right...

i checked the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, and it has parameters that are not being executes, so one can assume it's not being called at all (such as multiple xterms).

i'm going to tinker with it some more, and report back if i find a solution

try this
*boot of the install cd
*remount the paritions as in the install guide, and chroot again

you should have a working vi/nano now.. make your changes

*exit out of the chroot
*umount the partitions
*restart

I have a dual-P3 system with an 80GB drive and I still use WindowMaker 8) over Gnome or KDE .

I can hardly blame you! I have a 1.4 ghz athlon + 80GB 7200 rpm hd, and Gentoo on the 1.25GB hd is faster than any os i have tried on here!

I am running in X right now, but i'm stuck in twm, which i ...

maybe you have a botched download or bad burn? i just downloaded gentoo 1.1a the other night and it worked fine, on my althlon system.

as a tip, use cdrw's if your burner supports them, that way you don't waste money on images that become obselete in a month or two.

give this a whirl: instead of just hitting enter, type if that doesn't work, you'll have to get someone more familiar with the gentoo install cd what to add for options

Hello,

First off, I must say I am very impressed with Gentoo's speed; it's astonishing!

However, I don't have the disk space to compile/install a pig of a window manager like kde or gnome, and instead I would like to use windowmaker.

The problem is configuring Gentoo to start it, or even read my ...