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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] XSESSION="Xsession" doesn't work!
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:57:28
Message-Id: EB5CC46C-32BE-49E1-B0F2-61015F33F382@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] XSESSION="Xsession" doesn't work! by James Ausmus
1 Thanks very much indeed for your help, James.
2
3
4 On 19 Jul 2007, at 00:47, James Ausmus wrote:
5 > <snip>
6 >> If anyone has time to change XSESSION="Xsession" and log on to their
7 >> machine as a new user I would be grateful to hear what results they
8 >> get. I can't help wondering if this is a little-tested option and
9 >> can't help hoping it's broken globally.
10 >
11 > Did so - changed DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" and XSESSION="Xsession", and I
12 > get the same login scenario that you described - ugly (yup, that's xdm
13 > all right), proceeds to a Session Menu dialog with Load Session,
14 > Delete Session, and Default/Fail Safe as options. I select
15 > Default/Fail Safe, and I then have to place the xsm window and then an
16 > xterm window, and everything seems as I would expect from twm.
17 >
18 > A few questions:
19 >
20 > 1. Once you are logged in, if you left or right-click on the gray
21 > background, do any options come up?
22
23 Nope, none at all. Nothing happens. I have no way at all of knowing
24 the mouse buttons are working - except, of course, that they work
25 when I click on the window with the Default/Fail Safe options.
26
27 > 2. What is the output of emerge -pv twm xsm xterm
28
29 $ emerge -pv twm xsm xterm
30
31 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
32
33 Calculating dependencies... done!
34 [ebuild R ] x11-wm/twm-1.0.3 USE="-debug" 0 kB
35 [ebuild R ] x11-apps/xsm-1.0.1 USE="-debug -xprint" 115 kB
36 [ebuild R ] x11-terms/xterm-225 USE="truetype unicode -Xaw3d -
37 paste64 -toolbar" 803 kB
38
39 Total: 3 packages (3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 917 kB
40 $
41
42 I think I remerged twm around the time I originally posted, but will
43 have another go at recompiling all of these now.
44
45 > 3. Any output from revdep-rebuild -p -v?
46
47 $ revdep-rebuild -p -v
48 Configuring search environment for revdep-rebuild
49
50 Checking reverse dependencies...
51
52 Packages containing binaries and libraries broken by a package update
53 will be emerged.
54
55 Collecting system binaries and libraries... done.
56 (/home/stroller/.revdep-rebuild.1_files)
57
58 Collecting complete LD_LIBRARY_PATH... done.
59 (/home/stroller/.revdep-rebuild.2_ldpath)
60
61 Checking dynamic linking consistency...
62
63 done.
64 (/home/stroller/.revdep-rebuild.3_rebuild)
65
66 Assigning files to ebuilds... Nothing to rebuild
67
68 Evaluating package order... done.
69 (/home/stroller/.revdep-rebuild.5_order)
70
71 Dynamic linking on your system is consistent... All done.
72 $
73
74 :(
75
76 Stroller.
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