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tux900
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 Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: startx error (solved) |
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I ran emerge kde and a few hours later everything apparently installed. This was from a stage3 install along with portage. When i tried to run startx i got the following error:
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xauth: creating new authority for /root/.serverauth.4432
xinit: no such file or directory (errno2): no server "X" in PATH
giving up.
xinit: connection refused (errno111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno3): server error
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As far as i understand emerge kde is suppose to install the X Server and all the dependencies?
The xinitrc file also seems to be in place.
Any hints how to get kde started would help.
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NathanZachary
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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No, as far as I know, emerge kde does NOT install the X server. My recommendation is to install X and make sure you can get twm up and running before emerging a different desktop environment. Please open up your terminal and type the following:
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emerge --search xorg-x11
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See what it says next to "latest version installed:" If it says the version number, you do in fact have the X server, but I'm guessing that you don't.
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tarpman
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xorg-x11 won't be pulled in by KDE, because the entire X11 installation isn't required. It should drag in the minimal stuff it needs, though - xorg-server for example is one package that definitely should have been installed.
Try 'emerge -vpD kde' and see if there are any packages that need building - it's possible that without --deep not all of the dependencies were caught. Also try running 'X -configure' to generate an X configuration file.
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tux900
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks! You are right, X Server does not install with emerge kde.
I'm now trying to set kdm as my display manager. I've already set inittab to run-level 5 but no display manager shows when i boot up.
What do i need to do for the kdm display manager to show up? Do i have to edit /etc/rc.conf?
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tarpman
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-> DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm"
rc-update add xdm default
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| Worked like a charm. Thanks a lot. |
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