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elisha
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 Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:12 am Post subject: Problems with X :-( |
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I've intalled text version of Gentoo. I tried installing X. Here are my problems.
1. when i start x server, I'm able to get to X, but when i wanted to close the X, console is NOT restored.
2. I've installed GNOME, my synaptics touch pad doesnot work. Main problem is my snaptics failed when i restarted windows. It was working fine before installing Gentoo. (have i screwed it up????  )
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General Qs:
3. What is Gentoo package CD. and how to use it. I'm a newbie to Gentoo. (but I want to learn it)
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My System:
Acer laptop (TravelMate 4000)
40GB HDD
512 MB RAM
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tom61
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1. Press CTRL-ALT-F2
2. Maybe a hardware trouble, take apart the laptop and check the cables going to the pad, one may have come loose. |
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elisha
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My X doesnt even start now. System hangs when I try to start X and I'm forced to hard reboot the computer.
Touchpad is working fine with windows. |
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tom61
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Sounds like a file corruption, if X can't be started, you should be dropped to a console. If you can get into the console (by modifying Grub, or using a boot disc), try 'emerge unmerge xorg', then 'emerge xorg'.
What file system are you running, and has Windows found any ghost drives? |
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elisha
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| I'm using ext3. I've uninstalled GNOME and XORG. I have to reinstall them. In docs ( for installing GNOME) it is written that I should start famd, gdm and mDNSResponder on completion of GNOME installation. But upon completion of installation I could find ONLY famd and neither gdm nor mDNSResponder are found under /etc/init.d |
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padawan
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To get gdm to work, edit the file "/etc/rc.conf" and set "DISPLAYMANAGER" to "gdm". Then use the "xdm" script in /etc/init.d. The xdm script is used whether you use gdm, kdm, or xdm, etc.
I don't know what mDNSResponder is. I'm running gdm and gnome, but I don't have that, and everything works fine. |
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