Cranky GUI

OKK77 · n00b Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

I've emerged xorg-x11, kde and qt. When I try startx and startkde, I get something like this. Is there any pointer on how to proceed to correct this? One more thing: I don't know where the current xorg.conf file sits. There is not xorg.conf under /etc/X11/. |=

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adaptr · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:59 pm Post subject:

KDE isn't using the KDE window manager, kwm - it's using the default xwm that comes with X.
Yes, it's ugly.

If there is no xorg.conf in /etc/X11 then it's in your home dir - assuming you have one at all.
xorgconfig should do the trick.

There is, however, an xorg.conf.sample in /etc/X11 - you could try editing that.

xorgconfig is the easiest way forward, though.

Read the X Configuration Guide.
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OKK77 · n00b Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc did it. yay!

OKK77 · n00b Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

Tried [font=green]Xorg --configure[/font] and [font=green]xorgconfig[/font] and they didn't particularly work. After I've deleted the /etc/X11/xorg.conf I've edited, X server loads fine. So, I'm using startx without any xorg.conf. Strange. Tried with [font=green]locate[/font] but I can't seem to find any xorg.conf file anywhere.