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Arkal
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Now that i'm able to mount my cdrom, I've emerged xfree and gnome...
But when i'm typing startx, I want gnome to open and not X...
How can I do that?
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BlindSpy
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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edit /etc/rc.conf and for DISPLAYMANAGER, put "gdm" and for XSESSION put "Gnome"
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Arkal
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thanks, I going to try 
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tomk
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macawgumbo
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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I would recommend looking in the documentation section of the gentoo website. There is a document called Desktop Configuration guide. Follow it and it will work just as you want to. It has the stuff you need to edit in rc.conf also. The quick fix is change in rc.conf. To have a graphical logon manager come up at boot change | Code: | | DISPLAYMANAGER="GDM" |
and it will bring up the GNOME logon. Type in: | Code: | | rc-update add xdm default |
This should get you where you want to be. Make sure that the above lines are uncommented also. Like I said though, print off or bookmark the Desktop Configuration Guide it does a thorough job of describing this. |
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BlindSpy
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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good call mac, i forgot "rc-update add xdm default" <- this is very important else it wont work right.
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macawgumbo
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| rc-update add xdm default just makes the graphical login come up at boot instead a commandline. This just prevents you from having to type at the commandline to start gnome. It will work fine without it, just more work. |
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GenKreton
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| I prefer booting into a TTY versus a graphical login manager. It makes fixing x problems quicker |
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