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brainlock
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 Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 7:48 pm Post subject: GDM fails to start (Gnome too) PROBLEM SOLVED |
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I just completed my install from scratch. I emerged gnome which failed twice but i managed to get it finished by restarting the emerge both times.
Now when I try to start gdm, the XServer tries to start several times and finally returns me to the console saying the initializing display 0 failed. so i cant get in Gnome. The weird thing is that startx works just fine.
The problem probably isnt with gdm though because if I set XSession=gnome, then startx fails also and returns me to the console.
Any thoughts?
Brainlock
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i actually figured it out...
I first used normal startx with no XSESSION set. Then from twm i tried to start some gnome apps and i always got back some fontconfig error and none would start. The error messages were all related to fontconfig so I just reemerged fontconfig, did an fc-cache and now everything is in tip-top shape 
Brainlock
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brainlock
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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I tried to reemerge gdm and the nvidia packages and it didnt work. If I comment the line reading "XSESSION=gnome" in rc.conf, I can startx without any problems....weird...
I did find this however which is weird since I have nothing related to kde or qt on my system which is built from scratch (i have USE="-kde -qt" in my USE flags). it is the file /var/log/xdm-errors :
| Code: | XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 3 September 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20-gentoo-r1 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Feb 12 14:21:04 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit
sessions: SessionTypes=Gnome,Xsession,
Changing kdmrc in /usr/kde/*
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: line 25: cd: /usr/kde/*/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
Changing kdmrc in /usr
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: line 25: cd: /usr/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
(II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit
sessions: SessionTypes=Gnome,Xsession,
Changing kdmrc in /usr/kde/*
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: line 25: cd: /usr/kde/*/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
Changing kdmrc in /usr
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: line 25: cd: /usr/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
(II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit
sessions: SessionTypes=Gnome,Xsession,
Changing kdmrc in /usr/kde/*
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: line 25: cd: /usr/kde/*/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
Changing kdmrc in /usr
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0: line 25: cd: /usr/share/config/kdm: No such file or directory
xdm error (pid 1386): Display :0 is being disabled |
Something seems very wrong here but I have no idea what it is...
Any help appreciated
Brainlock |
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Caviel
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Did you do a:
| Code: | | rc-update add xdm default |
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brainlock
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| Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| yes i did do rc-update add xdm but the xserver wont start even if I start gdm manually from the console i.e. without the xdm script |
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dwilson
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:38 am Post subject: nvidia and gnome 2.2 |
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| I also am unable to get my nvidia card working with gnome 2.2. As of now I am using the basic VESA drivers until I figure out what is going on. |
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brainlock
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 7:09 am Post subject: |
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i actually figured it out...
I first used normal startx with no XSESSION set. Then from twm i tried to start some gnome apps and i always got back some fontconfig error and none would start. The error messages were all related to fontconfig so I just reemerged fontconfig, did an fc-cache and now everything is in tip-top shape
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