On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:43:00 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: > I'm using 'startx' to start kdm (xdm has been removed from rc auto
startx starts and X session and runs~/.xinitrc, it does not start kdm. If you want to go into KDE from a console, use startkde. > starting cause it hoses the system to where the ethernet does not even > work. It now boot, I long in on cosole and via ssh and all is fine > except the gui (X+kde4+evdev/hal/ati/....) What's the problem? You haven't mentioned what goes wrong. What's in /var/log/Xorg.0.log? > I've spent the better part of a week trying to get older > versions of ati-drivers & xorg-server working (failed)... > > So I'm looking at the Xorg.0.log file to try to figure this out. > So. Here is what I have now: > > ati-drivers-9.6 > Missing digest for > '/usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/gentoo-sources-2.6.29-r6.ebuild' This is a message from portage, nothing to do with X, although it should be fixed with emerge --sync. > 'emerge portage-utils; qlist -I -C x11-drivers/' has been ran. > as well as frequently. All that does is list the drivers you have installed, you may need to re-emerge them after an update to xorg-server emerge -1a $(qlist -I -C x11-drivers) -- Neil Bothwick Why is it that when you transport something by car it's called shipment, but when you transport it by ship it's called cargo?
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