kde can't come up. hangs after clock[SOLVED]

idella4 · Last edited by idella4 on Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:57 am; edited 2 times in total

This is a new install of gentoo, pristine. I've had all sorts of dramas getting this far. Now that I've reached login, kde can't complete. I've done this a few times before and have not seen this occur.

Xorg.conf log reports it's missing virtually all the drivers;
nv,
fbdev,
vesa,
vga,
mouse,
kbd.

Where have they all got to? They've all been there on previous installs.
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Xanadu · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:33 am Post subject:

It must've been quite sometime since you've installed Gentoo and how they have been fine all this time is beyond me, but:

In /etc/make.conf:

idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:45 am Post subject:

Yes it has been quite some time. It seems things change. Tx
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Xanadu · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:47 am Post subject:

NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

Firstly, welcome back to Gentoo. Secondly, aside from the handbook, there are many supplemental documents that will help you get a working KDE:

Xorg configuration --> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
nVidia drivers --> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
ATi drivers --> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
KDE --> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde-config.xml

Hope those documents help, and if you run into any specific problems, please don't hesitate to ask about them here.

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idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:54 am Post subject:

Thanks kalos

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You're certainly welcome. As said, please just post here on the forum if you run into any walls, and we'll certainly help you through them.

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idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:36 am Post subject:

kalos, I checked the documents but they still don't answer all.
I"m still missing one driver for kde, and the other for best results.
The first is /dev/fb0, the frame buffer. Employing startx, I do get the three shells at a very fine screen resolution, but it's also missing xclock. I suspect it need be installed, but what package supplies xclock? On that point, is that related to boot up taking me to editing the local time file in nano??

Also, my motherboard is a new nvidia based motherboard. It has an on board graphic 'card'.
Suse-11 tells me the driver required is nvidiafb. Ubuntu simply misses it. I've installed the nvidia drivers but this one seems to be missing from the collection. Is it available in a package in portage??
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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:43 am Post subject:

Enter

idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:17 am Post subject:

Blessed be pappy, what about the /dev/fb0??

It's early for you!
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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:29 am Post subject:

If you get xterm screens, you have basic X functionality. However, if I misread that, you would have to emerge xf86-video-fbdev. If you have X functional to this degree, then it is functional enough to run XFCE4, GNOME, KDE, or anything else you desire.

Yeah, I gave up on the TV after watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. It's either cruise the forums or watch The Mummy for the buzzillionth time. While Brendan Fraser isn't bad to look at, being here is infinitely more stimulating, intellectually speaking.

Blessed be!
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idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:35 am Post subject:

pappy, yes you make a good point. I'm trying to get my gentoo up in place of watching Oprah!

I've got a new problem. I just changed a setting in the time zone file on boot up, then it hangs on caching servie dependencies. Know what's going on here my good American man?
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NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

What exactly did you change in the timezone file?
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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:38 am Post subject:

What he said.

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idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:39 am Post subject:

i changed the time zone setting from factory to "Australia/Perth"
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NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

That shouldn't cause any problems at all, but to make sure, you can go in and comment that line out or set the timezone to UTC.
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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:

Are you running with baselayout-2, or the stable version?

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idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:44 am Post subject:

I don't know. How do I tell? I'll do emerge --search baselayout.
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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:45 am Post subject:

emerge -av baselayout will also work, and it allows you to say no to the actual install.

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NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

Are you using the stable branch or the testing (~arch) branch? If you're using the stable branch, you aren't using baselayout-2 because it is still in testing.
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idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:47 am Post subject:

baselayout-1.12.11.1 is installed
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pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:50 am Post subject:

Ok, then post your /etc/conf.d/clock file. Kalos is right, it shouldn't cause a problem...but there's something strange afoot.

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idella4 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:53 am Post subject:

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:05 am Post subject:

That depends. Remove the # and see what happens. As far as I know, "caching service dependencies" just means that the file in question has been modified in some fashion. As to why it's causing things to choke so badly, that's really weird.

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NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

That is quite strange, but the best thing to do would be to remove the comment hash from the TIMEZONE line. If you're still having trouble, please post the exact error message you receive (or the hanging point) and a few lines before it.
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