On Wednesday 19 May 2010 07:56:46 Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 18 May 2010 23:22:03 Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is the first time I am dabbling with layman. So it is likely I > > > have made some noob mistake, which I hope you can help me discover. > > > > > > I have installed layman-1.3.3 and then added the enlightenment overlay. > > > I have also added the snapshot keywords for enlightenment: > > > > > > # ls -l /etc/portage/package.keywords/enlightenment.keywords > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 64 May 18 21:28 > > > /etc/portage/package.keywords/enlightenment.keywords -> > > > /var/lib/layman/enlightenment/scripts/package.keywords.snapshots > > > > > > entrance is unmasked in there: > > > > > > # cat /etc/portage/package.keywords/enlightenment.keywords | grep > > > entrance x11-misc/entrance ~* > > > > > > However, although I can see enlightenment, I have no success with > > > entrance: > > > > > > # emerge -upDv entrance > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > > > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > > > > > emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "entrance". > > > > > > > > > What am I missing? Please ask for supporting info as you need it. > > > > entrance no longer exists in the overlay, looks like it is gone for good: > > > > Changeset 372 > > > > Timestamp: > > 02/28/10 14:01:41 (3 months ago) > > > > Author: > > tommy > > > > Message: > > x11-misc/ entrance: Remove entrance: old and unmaintained, there > > > > is currently a rewrite from scratch planned, but no ETA > > > :-( > > So, no Display Manager for enlightenment? How do people start it up - it > seems odd to use e.g. the u xdm to do the job.
Well it's a display manager, you can use any one you feel like. There's no requirement that a KDE user must use Konqueror, they can use Firefox if they wish. e17 users have many options: start, slim, xdm, gdm, kdm, *dm .... -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
