Am 09.12.2009 01:24, schrieb walt: > Looks to me like the X server *is* running, unless you left out the error > message at the end of the log.
No, nothing left out. > Why do you say X didn't come up? Because it says so. I get that dialog "X-Server could not be started" (similar, I get the msg in german language here). It let's me see Xorg.0.log then ... > How are you starting the x session? /etc/init.d/xdm ... with DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm" in /etc/conf.d/xdm gdm was built after xorg-server, I read somewhere that this might be an issue. But you are right, it might be more of a gnome-issue: I tested DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" now, X is coming up and lets me log in ... but I only get some ugly and very simple desktop (xsm ...). This only as a test ... So it seems more gdm/gnome-related to me, right? > You might try the vesa driver just to see if > there is a difference. hmm, yep, will try that. Thanks, Stefan