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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: xdm doesn't try to start (Gentoo issue)
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:32:55
Message-Id: jj11fq$ge0$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] xdm doesn't try to start (Gentoo issue) by Grant
1 On 03/04/2012 01:02 PM, Grant wrote:
2 > I have two hardware-identical laptops exhibiting different behavior
3 > WRT xdm. xdm doesn't try to start automatically on one of the laptops
4 > but does on the other. On the one that does not start xdm, I get this
5 > on startup:
6 >
7 > # rc-update -s | grep xdm
8 > xdm | default
9 > # /etc/init.d/xdm status
10 > * status: stopped
11 > # /etc/init.d/xdm start
12 >
13 > and xdm/lightdm starts just fine. What could be the problem? It
14 > works perfectly on the other laptop.
15
16 There is a switch in /etc/rc.conf called rc_logger. Maybe turning
17 it on will give you some useful info.