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From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] xdm wont start
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:09:20
Message-Id: 9acccfe50907080909s377399a0o832efd556f55b53b@mail.gmail.com
1 I'm not getting anywhere with X, and the scripts themselves seem to be
2 screwed up.
3 I've re-emerged x11-apps/xinit to no avail, and I'm current with
4 revdep-rebuild. I have no idea what else to try.
5
6 Here's a transcript; no log is created in /var/log/Xorg.0.log so I
7 don't think I have any further information:
8
9 Script started on Wed 08 Jul 2009 09:00:25 AM PDT
10 treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm stop
11 * Stopping xdm ...
12 /sbin/start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory
13 (No such file or directory)
14 [ ok ]
15 treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm zap
16 * Manually resetting xdm to stopped state.
17 treat ~ # /etc/init.d/xdm start
18 * Setting up xdm ...
19 start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or directory (No
20 such file or directory)
21 * ERROR: could not start the Display Manager [ ok ]
22 treat ~ # exit
23
24 Script done on Wed 08 Jul 2009 09:00:53 AM PDT
25
26
27 --
28 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] xdm wont start Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] xdm wont start Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] xdm wont start Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>