Logged in, logged out, no X anymore...<Solved>

Raiki · n00b Joined: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 3

Heyas, sorry it's a very newbie question.
I don't know if it's related so I'll explain the first part as well.
I installed gentoo, got it working, but I wanted to reinstall because I had problems with groups and base X was ugly...
So I reinstalled... I went to get a salad, and the installation was done before I could eat it. .....Usually it takes 2-3 hours, not 5 minutes!
So I wrote startx, I had an error...so I went to config /etc/make.conf and then did xorgcfg.
So I wrote startx again, and it worked. With a bonus surprise. Somehow, what looked like gnome was installed... Nice! Finally, icons! It was beautiful.
But I was root. So I wanted to log out... But the log out drop-down option didn't seem to work, so I rebooted the hard way... After rebooting, I was at the DOS-like screen, so I typed startx, and it said "command not found"

So I guess my problem is obvious...
Help please! :/
It's the same wether I'm root or user...
And I seek real help, not some random "lolz nub try another linux and come back when you know ur things" please...
For info if it helps, I used the LiveCD, the big x86 version that is not for a full internet installation.

kraix · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 93

ok first off you will need to tell us what the output of emerge -pv xorg-x11 is. Second, I would assume a large number of people here would take offense to what you said about us calling you a loser or whatever.

Raiki · n00b Joined: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 3

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound offensive but I did see a few answers like that here...and on mirc I'm ignored almost half the time, while I rarely see anyone else being ignored, so I'm kinda tired of that...

emerge -pv xorg-x11 gave me many many lines, so ...alright, it's not installed :/ Thanks for that, I understand that I should install it, but ... if it's not installed, how come I had a pretty gnome environment that seemed functional, and then the moment I log off it disappears? I'd gladly take the free gnome over the few hours needed to install Xorg and an environment

kraix · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 93

well, if you just want a lightweight environment very quickly you could install xfce4 or fluxbox. Both compile pretty quickly on decent hardware. Then if you want the full gnome install you can do that and still have something to work with. Heck, you might even like one of the two.

Raiki · n00b Joined: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 3

I meant, I don't understand how I was actually able to use gnome and X11 and everything, while it was actually not installed :/ I had an environment and all and it was pretty...I don't understand how I could use that, while X11 wasn't installed...but oh well, I suppose I can't go back to that... Thanks a lot for the help!

Next time (because I know there will be a next time) I'll try without the end message and see how the answers go

Deathwing00 · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Desktop Environments.