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lousyd
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 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:47 am Post subject: Which do I have: x.org or xfree? |
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Okay, so I installed xfree during install and then later unmerged (or so I thought) and emerged x.org. Due to some mouse wheel troubles, I've discovered that I actually now have both installed. I kept twiddling with my xorg.conf to get the mouse wheel to work and on a hunch put the twiddles in the XF86Config, which made the wheel work.
So, does that mean for sure that I'm using xfree, despite both being installed? How can I tell (in a more direct manner) which is being used when gdm starts?
In a semi-related question, gdm won't frickin' start KDE unless I specifically tell it to. If the session is on "last" it starts gnome, despite having used KDE last. Any idea why this would be so? Does gdm not like me? I've un- and remerged gdm, hoping it would set things straight on reinstallation, but no luck. Serves me right for trying the Windows way of system maintenance. So, what config files should I maybe check, for gdm?
Any ideas, please? |
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[UK]Superdude
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:13 am Post subject: |
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try doing an:
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emerge -s xfree && emerge -s xorg-x11
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I did basically what you did, though not with a new install - I had Xfree, unmerged it and put on xorg. I remember there being a blocker in place so that if Xfree was installed portage would block xorg, and vice-versa.
In any case an emerge -s would show in my case:
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* x11-base/xfree
Latest version available: 4.3.0-r6
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 71,133 kB
Homepage: http://www.xfree.org
Description: XFree86: free X server
License: Adobe-X CID DEC DEC-2 IBM-X NVIDIA-X NetBSD SGI UCB-LBL XC-2 bigelow-holmes-urw-gmbh-luxi christopher-g-demetriou national-semiconductor nokia tektronix the-open-group todd-c-miller x-truetype xfree86-1.0 MIT SGI-B BSD FTL | GPL-2 MSttfEULA
* x11-base/xorg-x11
Latest version available: 6.7.0-r2
Latest version installed: 6.7.0-r2
Size of downloaded files: 71,895 kB
Homepage: http://freedesktop.org/XOrg
Description: An X11 implementation maintained by the X.Org Foundation
License: Adobe-X CID DEC DEC-2 IBM-X NVIDIA-X NetBSD SGI UCB-LBL XC-2 bigelow-holmes-urw-gmbh-luxi christopher-g-demetriou national-semiconductor nokia tektronix the-open-group todd-c-miller x-truetype xfree86-1.0 MIT SGI-B BSD FTL | GPL-2
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If I look in /etc/X11
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*[root@penguin1:/home/dave]ls -l /etc/X11/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4636 Jul 20 18:17 xorg.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4636 Jul 20 18:17 XF86Config
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It would seem that I still have XF86Config left over from the Xfree install. I also seem to remeber that portage will not remove this config file, and also that xorg will use XF86Config if it cant find xorg.conf.
At least I think that is the case... Anyone else have more info?
As for GDM, I beleive that many people are haveing problems with getting it to recognise KDE. Try KDM, it will recognise your Gnome sessions as well as your KDE ones as well as any other DE you may want to try - Enlightenment, *box etc etc.
Hope this helped. |
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lousyd
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:41 am Post subject: |
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I still have both xfree and xorg installed. I don't remember how that happened, but it says so right here:
| Code: | # emerge -s xorg xfree
Searching...
[ Results for search key : xorg ]
* x11-base/xorg-x11
Latest version available: 6.7.0-r1
Latest version installed: 6.7.0-r1
Size of downloaded files: 71,879 kB
Homepage: http://freedesktop.org/XOrg
Description: An X11 implementation maintained by the X.Org Foundation
Searching...
[ Results for search key : xfree ]
* x11-base/xfree
Latest version available: 4.3.0-r6
Latest version installed: 4.3.0-r6
Size of downloaded files: 71,133 kB
Homepage: http://www.xfree.org
Description: XFree86: free X server
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So, which, I wonder, am I actually using?
With the gdm thing, I was kind of hoping to keep gdm, because of the slick GUI and the cow in the background, but I may just switch to kdm. |
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oanjao
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Location: Orlando, FL
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Here's a suggestion to figure out which one is running. With XWindows running, type the following in a terminal:
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> su
Password: [your root password]
> ps x
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Here is a snippet of what I get on my system:
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4022 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/gdm
545 ? RL 4:33 /etc/X11/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -n
19730 pty/s0 S 0:00 su
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This middle line tells me exactly what path was used to launch the X server (of course it may look different on your system). Now we will use that exact path to figure out which X server is active. For my system, I type in:
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And I get:
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This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs).
XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.25-gentoo-r2 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 17 May 2004
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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which tells me that XFree86 is the server that I am actually running. I hope this helps.
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lousyd
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, this solved the puzzle. Thank you very much. |
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