Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

2010-01-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:04:41 + (UTC), james wrote: > If I use the old org.conf file, it boot but the kdm login manager > app never starts and It does not allow login on console. It is > a dell laptop. I think the xorg.conf file needs work, but, > it's only a guess. That sounds a good guess, w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

2010-01-19 Thread ubiquitous1980
James wrote: > Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > >> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:59:58 + (UTC), James wrote: >> >> >>> I've rebuilt these same packages over several times. >>> >> Are you rebuilding them with @preserved-rebuild or manually? >> > with this 'emerge @preserved

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

2010-01-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:59:58 + (UTC), James wrote: > I've rebuilt these same packages over several times. Are you rebuilding them with @preserved-rebuild or manually? > I think the @preserved-rebuild tool is bonkers It's a good idea, and much better than the old "break it then fix it" a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

2010-01-18 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 02:59:58 James wrote: > >/etc/X/xorg.conf file? > > > > It might be that with your video card you *must* have an xorg.conf, > > although I think that most cards will run with a basic > > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11- input.fdi > > this dir is empty? OK, xorg elog (I t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

2010-01-18 Thread Mick
On Monday 18 January 2010 15:09:39 James wrote: > Mick gmail.com> writes: > > I suspect that you probably have fallen victim to the great conspiracy of > > baselayout doing away with rc.conf and not screaming it LOUD ENOUGH to > > make sure that we set up the XSESSION variable so that the appropr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde wont log in user

2010-01-17 Thread Mick
On Friday 15 January 2010 15:25:09 James wrote: > Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:38:27 + (UTC), James wrote: > Ok, I do not know what it is called. It's called the kdm login manager (it is a Display Manager). > I'm running kde-meta 4.3.3 > It's the kde scre