On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 01:11 +0530, Farhan Ahmed wrote: > Bob Bao wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > I am a new gentoo user here. I downloaded gentoo 2.6 liveCD from gentoo > > website. After couple time trying, finally I successfully complete the > > installing. But, after log in, I only get a xterm window and a session > > window. I think suppose I should get a graphic user interface like boot > > > > Hi Bob and welcome to Gentoo, > Which graphic desktop you have installed? If its plain X server > (i.e., xorg-x11) then you'll get a very basic desktop, which you > obviously dont want. If you installed kde, then probaby you've not > modified your .xinitrc file. Execute this command from from console, > > echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc > > next time you execute 'startx', kde will startup. > > for GNOME, execute this command first > > echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc > > then startx will bring gnome up.
I think the more "offical" way is to uncomment the following lines in /etc/rc.conf: DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm" XSESSION="Gnome" -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
