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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 18:56:12
Message-Id: 5bdc1c8b0905221155w63eebf8fm8d68c442049548af@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X? by bn
1 On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM, bn <brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Mark Knecht ha scritto:
3 >> Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a
4 >> Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so
5 >> I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The  drivers
6 >> get loaded but I get a black screen. No error message in the X log
7 >> file.
8 >>
9 >> I haven't messed with X at this level before. What's the minimum test
10 >> of X that would display a terminal or something very basic?
11 >>
12 >
13 > Have you tried
14 >
15 > startx /usr/bin/xterm
16 >
17
18 Yes. Same black screen. Nothing else going on. The processes show up
19 in ps aux, X as root, xterm as me.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X? Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com>