Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.6.5-r1 'Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap'

[Mick]

2009/12/13 walt <w41ter@×××××.com>:
> On 12/12/2009 04:20 PM, Mick wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> I tried the startx trick.  I recall that this would launch my WM
>> (fluxbox), but now all I get is an X session with twm!  Has something
>> changed with /etc/rc.conf?  Where should I specify fluxbox?
>
> That twm session is the default (see end of /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc)
> if you don't specify what you really want.  The xdm display manager
> checks in ~/.xsession for the stuff you want to run (i.e. fluxbox),
> but startx uses the file ~/.xinitrc for the same purpose.  You could
> probably just copy .xsession to .xinitrc for starters.

OK, but I never had set up ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc files.  This is a
single user machine.  As far as I can recall I had only set up in
/etc/rc.conf the parameter XSESSION="fluxbox", which looked in
/etc/X11/Sessions/ and ran the fluxbox configuration file that I had
in there.

Looking at /etc/conf.d/xdm I see this:
=========================================
# What display manager do you use ?  [ xdm | gdm | kdm | kdm-4.3 | gpe
| entrance ]
# NOTE: If this is set in /etc/rc.conf, that setting will override this one.
=========================================
In that file I have specified DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm".  Again as far as I
recall this is how I had set things up, so I am not sure what has
changed recently.


Setting a ~/.xinitrc file with 'exec startfluxbox' in it starts
fluxbox nicely if I run startx from the console - but this is not the
same session that I would get which would also include xconsole.  I
found these messages now, but no significant errors:
=========================================
Setting CPU scaling governor "performance" for CPU 1...
could not open file
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor for writing!
failed setting 'performance' CPUfreq governor!
Failed to read: session.screen0.maxIgnoreIncrement
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.maxDisableMove
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.maxDisableResize
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.noFocusWhileTypingDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.tooltipDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.clientMenu.usePixmap
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.maxIgnoreIncrement
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.maxDisableMove
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.maxDisableResize
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.noFocusWhileTypingDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.tooltipDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.clientMenu.usePixmap
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.maxIgnoreIncrement
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.maxDisableMove
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.maxDisableResize
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.noFocusWhileTypingDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.tooltipDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.clientMenu.usePixmap
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.slit.acceptKdeDockapps
Setting default value
=========================================

So, what would be the way to start xdm and have xdm starting fluxbox?
-- 
Regards,
Mick