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From: Stephen Liu <satimis@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem on installing Gnome (gnome-light) (gnome-light started)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:28:17
Message-Id: 20060912081736.30063.qmail@web35213.mail.mud.yahoo.com
1 Hi Bo,
2
3 Tke for your advice.
4
5 > To get equery you need to emerge app-portage/gentoolkit.
6 >
7 > # emerge app-portage/gentoolkit.
8
9 # emerge app-portage/gentoolkit
10
11 # equery check gnome-base/gnome-session
12 gnome-session not found
13
14 # equery check gdm
15 gdm not found
16
17 # emerge gnome-session
18 and manually upgraded 16 conf files.
19
20 # emerge gdm
21 and manually upgraded 14 conf files.
22
23 # /etc/init.d/xdm stop && /etc/init.d/xdm start
24
25 # nano /etc/rc.conf
26 un-commented DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm"
27 and changed "xdm" to "gdm"
28
29
30 rebooted PC. Display manager started with login page displayed.
31
32 Login as root
33
34 Gnome-light started with its logo displaying a while and faded out with
35 following warning:-
36 - There was an error starting Gnome Settings Daemon
37 - Something such as themes, sounds, or background setting
38 may not work correct
39 - The Setting Daemon restarted too many times
40 - The last error message was
41 There was an unknown activation error
42 Gnome will still try to restort the Settings Daemon next
43 time your login
44 * * * END * * *
45
46
47 Evoked Xterm window
48 # shutdown -r now
49
50 Gnome-light started and died as previously.
51
52 Before I was not aware gnome-session not coming with gnome-light and
53 gdm not installed.
54
55
56 B.R.
57 SL
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