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slak
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 Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2002 5:43 pm Post subject: starting gnome from gdm |
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| gnome loads well if i load it from the console with exec gnome-session in the .xinitrc file; when there is no such reference in the .xsession or i start it from gdm, it shows the gnome splash screen, but doesn't load anything at all; too bad; any ideas? |
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slak
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| Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2002 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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ok; got the problem; it's export GDK_USE_XFT=1, which causes the problem; i have installed the experimental version of gnome without compilling glibc 2.3.*
could someone tell me which package is responsible for xft? thx |
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_SkeLeToN_
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emerge -s xft :
x11-libs/xft [ Masked ]
Latest version available: 2.0-r1
Latest version installed: 2.0-r1
Size of downloaded files: 525 kB
Homepage: http://fontconfig.org/
Description: Xft2
I think this is what you are looking for. |
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slak
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| Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2002 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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ok; this wasn't the actual problem; the problem is the following:
** ERROR **: Failed to match any font. This could be due to a broken Xft configuration, or if you run XFree 4.1.0 due to a bug in libXrender. For more information about this, read http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68030
any ideas? don't have a clue about the xft stuff and how to configure it |
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foser
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You dont have any TT fonts for pango to use, due to some config problem. You most likely want to set fontpaths in your XftConfig correct (4.2.1-r1) (etc-update in some cases), or check a bit around the forums because almost any gnome/gdm problem around atm comes from this.
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theBlackDragon
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squanto
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2002 8:04 am Post subject: Re: starting gnome from gdm |
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| slak wrote: | | gnome loads well if i load it from the console with exec gnome-session in the .xinitrc file; when there is no such reference in the .xsession or i start it from gdm, it shows the gnome splash screen, but doesn't load anything at all; too bad; any ideas? |
I had a problem like this, when gdm would try to load gnome it would sit at the splash for about 20 sec and then bring me back to gdm again. If this is what is happening for you, I found that emerging xfree 4.2.1-r1 fixes the problem. I didn't do much research as to why this happens, but it worked for me. YMMV |
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