On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:29 PM, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/14/2009 01:08 PM, GerhardosG wrote: >> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 61: xterm: command not found >> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 62: exec: xterm: not found > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > That last line is the problem this time, very different from your > previous post. I don't know why X can't fine xterm. Do you have > /usr/bin/xterm on your machine? If not, install x11-terms/xterm-250 > and try startx again. >
I bought a new hard drive and was just installing Gentoo from scratch for the first time in 5 years, and I ran into this problem. I'm guessing here, but I think my problem was with the current version of "The X Server Configuration HOWTO", the document suggests installing the xorg-xserver package instead of the xorg-x11 meta-package because: "Note: You could install the xorg-x11 metapackage instead of the more lightweight xorg-server. Functionally, xorg-x11 and xorg-server are the same. However, xorg-x11 brings in many more packages that you probably don't need, such as a huge assortment of fonts in many different languages. They're not necessary for a working desktop." However, it also does not install twm, xclock, or xterm so I was unable to verify that X was actually working until I installed xterm as suggested in this thread. Regards, ds
