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From: covici@××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cannot properly start gdm
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:16:40
Message-Id: 22634.1464977789@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] cannot properly start gdm by David Abbott
1 David Abbott <dabbott@g.o> wrote:
2
3 > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 12:19 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 > > David Abbott <dabbott@g.o> wrote:
5 > >
6 > >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 10:25 AM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
7 > >> > David Abbott <dabbott@g.o> wrote:
8 > >> >
9 > >> >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 9:46 AM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
10 > >> >> > Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> wrote:
11 > >> >> >
12 > >> >> >> On 06/03/2016 12:25 PM, covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
13 > >> >> >> I can login normally to a textconsole.
14 > >> >> >> >
15 > >> >> >> Try to login to a textconsole, and run:
16 > >> >> >>
17 > >> >> >> startx
18 > >> >> >>
19 > >> >> >
20 > >> >> > No joy there, either. The server seems to be there, but not much else.
21 > >> >> > session-binary starts, but gnome-shell is not there.
22 > >> >> >
23 > >> >> > --
24 > >> >> > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
25 > >> >> > How do
26 > >> >> > you spend it?
27 > >> >> >
28 > >> >> > John Covici
29 > >> >> > covici@××××××××××.com
30 > >> >> >
31 > >> >>
32 > >> >> Post your ~/.xinitrc and post the log created when you use startx please.
33 > >> >>
34 > >> >> -- David
35 > >> >>
36 > >> >
37 > >> > The original log when I try to start gdm is here
38 > >> >
39 > >> > https://covici.com/owncloud/index.php/s/DD4pmEiaD1CSmi9
40 > >> >
41 > >> > If you need what I get from the startx, let me know.
42 > >> >
43 > >> I thought I did?
44 > >
45 > > OK, here it is
46 > > https://covici.com/owncloud/index.php/s/MnE7NzEz1nfqUlP
47 > >
48 > > --
49 > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
50 > > How do
51 > > you spend it?
52 > >
53 > > John Covici
54 > > covici@××××××××××.com
55 > >
56 >
57 > John I still don't see your ~/.xinitrc when you use startx. Post the
58 > contents please. Is your video card a Nvidia Optimus?
59 > https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-996474-start-0.html
60 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/NVIDIA/Optimus
61 No, its not optimus, its a Gforce 650.
62
63 I don't have the file you are looking for. My .Xsession-errors is quite
64 old.
65
66 --
67 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
68 How do
69 you spend it?
70
71 John Covici
72 covici@××××××××××.com

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] cannot properly start gdm Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] cannot properly start gdm "J." <jyo.garcia@×××××.com>