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nightlite · n00b Joined: 29 Oct 2011 Posts: 35

I'm not sure whether this should be in installing Gentoo or here. Because I got my first install actually running this morning.

Following this sucess I emerged kdebase-meta, in my amd64 machine

however when I try and get kde to run startx I get the following

DawgG · l33t Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 866

these errors are not closely related.
1. you need to set the hostname (/etc/conf.d/hostname) and dns-info /etc/resolv.conf and maybe /etc/hosts) . X will still start w/out it, but it can take much longer.
2. do not run X/kde as root
3. the service via whose initscript X and a WM is started is called xdm (not kdm as kde's prog). to add it to the default-runlevel:

nightlite · n00b Joined: 29 Oct 2011 Posts: 35

With a system that boots now just 24 hours old I hope you'll forgive me for not being able to recognise there are several problems not just one.

I've repeatedly, both as root and user, tried using rc-update add xdm default and keep being told both as root and

John R. Graham · Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:21 am Post subject:

Did you follow the KDE Guide? If so, did you see and follow the X prequisite advice? It's best to prove you have a working X before you install any part of KDE. See the X Server Configuration HOWTO.

- John
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nightlite · n00b Joined: 29 Oct 2011 Posts: 35

I had seen and set my profile to #5 (kde desktop) before installing kde.

However I had missed needing layman.

I'll remove kde, use the layman instruction, then reinstall kde and see how things go.

At this stage I don't understand the /path/to/overlay/ bit

John R. Graham · Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:12 am Post subject:

You don't need layman. What makes you think you do? However, you do need to ensure that you have a working X. Do that first.

Regarding the unknown domain message, it's probable that you don't have one and can ignore this message. Have you registered a domain name for yourself? Should any machine on your network be reachable from the Internet at large (e.g., to host a web server)? If the answer to these questions is, "No," then you don't really have (or need) a domain, per se.

- John
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nightlite · n00b Joined: 29 Oct 2011 Posts: 35

After spending a day or two trying to get the kde desktop installed and booting I decided to start again, from scratch, where when setting my eselect profile my machine warned me I had duplicate /etc/portage/make.conf files. :roll:

and I've found other duplicate files since :oops:

Don't know how that happened.

Anyhow now I'm assuming that formating my drives in a different file system will wipe the entire discs thereby curing the problem ......... and I'll read (and follow) the fine print.

Thanks for your patience.