A problem with GDM/XFREE :: HELP!!! [RESOLVED]

alexou2643 · Last edited by alexou2643 on Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:29 pm; edited 1 time in total

Ok, i just installed the 2.4.22 kernel, I emerged again the nvidia-kernel & nvidia-glx, and too bad for me i can't log in correctly.
When i type gdm in a shell, xfree starts, i see the nvidia logo, and poof, it dies, it tries to start and it dies again untill i get a charming blue screen telling me that the x-server cannot start.

Here is the server output:

Fatal server errror:
xf86OpenConsole : Cannot open virtual console 7 (Input/output error)

I really don't understand what it means...

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adaptr · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 6:26 pm Post subject:

Have you enabled VC support in the kernel ?
Enabled devfs support AND DISabled devpts support ?

The Gentoo docs specifically recommend this.

alexou2643 · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 6:36 pm Post subject:

alexou2643 · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:41 pm Post subject:

adaptr · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:45 pm Post subject:

The 4496 nvidia drivers are not older, they are the current stable drivers for gentoo.
You can only have newer drivers if you ARCH "~x86".
If you do not get that then you are out of your depth.

I advise you to move your fscking elsewhere.

alexou2643 · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:19 pm Post subject:

One another thing i don't understand.
When i do a "startx" everything starts normally, and when it's gdm, it doesn't work.
When it's startx, it says me "using vt7"...

So why that damn gdm fails????!
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alexou2643 · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:24 pm Post subject:

alexou2643 · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:34 pm Post subject:

Well,as i didn't see any solution, i desinstalled both xfree and the nvidia stuff, i deleted the configuration files of these packages in /etc, and i reemerged the whole thing...it works...so my problem came from these config files i guess so.

One thing is boring about gentoo, or half boring, it's that when you updates the packages, it keeps your old config files untill you update them with etc-update...if you do it each time, it's okay, but if you're not careful or if you're lazy you finish to have a lot of config files to update.

So is there any way to update easily the config files, keeping your settings, and updating them if necessary? Any tip?
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