Re: [gentoo-user] xdm wont start

[Neil Bothwick]

On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:24:01 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:

> >> /sbin/start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/bin/xdm: No such file or
> >> directory
> >
> > You don't have xdm installed, have you checked /etc/conf.d/xdm?
> >
>
> I do have xinit, which installs /etc/init.d/xdm.  I see no ebuild
> called xdm, so if there's something else I need, please tell me.

]% eix -e xdm
* x11-apps/xdm
     Available versions:  1.1.8 {debug ipv6 pam}
     Homepage:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
     Description:         X.Org xdm application

If you want to use xdm, you need to install it. This is different from
the xdm init script, which runs whichever display manager you tell it to.

If you look at the comments in /etc/conf.d/xdm, it tells you what the
options are. Follow it's advice to get it to use whichever display
manager you want. Alternatively, check a backup from before things stop
working and see what the file said then.


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Neil Bothwick

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