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On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 13:37 -0500, Kessler, Paul wrote: |
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> Well I am back up and running, my image boots great once again. I am |
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> adding a user named gentoo in my stage2 spec with livecd/users: |
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> gentoo. In my fsscript I edit the rc.conf and set the following |
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> values: |
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> EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim |
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> DISPLAYMANAGER=gdm |
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> XSESSION=”Gnome” |
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> I also set the gdm.conf to autologin user gentoo in 10 seconds. When I |
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> boot and X starts I get the gdm screen and the counter is ticking, |
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> user gentoo is logged in but Gnome does not start. The changes in |
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> rc.conf should start Gnome by default unless there is a .xinitrc in |
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> the user directory. At least that is the impression I am under from |
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> the comments in rc.conf. I double checked Gnome is |
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> in /etc/X11/Sessions/. Even if I log out and get back to gdm, and |
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> manually select Gnome, it doesn’t start. Any thoughts? |
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Here's what I do: |
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echo "[Desktop]" > /home/gentoo/.dmrc |
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echo "Session=gnome" >> /home/gentoo/.dmrc |
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chown -R 1000:100 /home/gentoo |
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Remember that session managers do *not* read .xinitrc, but read .dmrc |
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instead. I honestly don't know why it doesn't work as it is supposed |
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to, but I do know that this solution works. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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