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In /etc/rc.conf: |
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Uncomment #DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" (you do this by removing the # in case |
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you didn't know) |
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If you are using Gnome, change xdm to gdm, and to kdm if you are using kde. |
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Then, do "rc-update add xdm default" and it should start up at boot. |
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On 4/20/06, Farhan Ahmed <farhanahmed06@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Bob Bao wrote: |
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> > Hi. |
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> > I am a new gentoo user here. I downloaded gentoo 2.6 liveCD from gentoo |
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> > website. After couple time trying, finally I successfully complete the |
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> > installing. But, after log in, I only get a xterm window and a session |
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> > window. I think suppose I should get a graphic user interface like boot |
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> Hi Bob and welcome to Gentoo, |
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> Which graphic desktop you have installed? If its plain X server |
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> (i.e., xorg-x11) then you'll get a very basic desktop, which you |
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> obviously dont want. If you installed kde, then probaby you've not |
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> modified your .xinitrc file. Execute this command from from console, |
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> echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc |
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> next time you execute 'startx', kde will startup. |
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> for GNOME, execute this command first |
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> echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc |
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> then startx will bring gnome up. For more info on other desktop's |
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> checkout the Gentoo docs at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml |
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> Hope this helps, |
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> Farhan Ahmed |
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> Place : Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
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> GPG Key : 8BE90E98 |
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> Skype ID : farhanahmed06 |
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> IRC Nick : farhanahmed / farhanahmed06 (irc.freenode.net) |
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