Notice that startx uses different config files (.Xauthority?!), while the init xdm uses the variables of etc/conf.d/xdm, so, adding xdm to your default runlevel should start it automatically, if you don't want it, you can always use the script, make and alias or create a symlink.
Just for curiosity, what is your WM? Good luck, On 7/1/05, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George Roberts wrote: > > >Thanks Daniel. > >Typing xdm got me back into Gentoo. > >The only way I knew to start X was startx. When startx fails I can not > >get to terminal 7. > > > > > > > FYI, "startx" failures other than the X server get logged to > ~/.xsession-errors. You can check there to see what goes wrong. > > -Richard > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
