Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-07-07 Thread covici
Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:20:26 -0400 > cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 > > > Gevisz wrote: > > > > > > > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? > > > > > > Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-07-07 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:20:26 -0400 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 > > Gevisz wrote: > > > > > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? > > > > Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, > > unless one attempts

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-29 Thread Gevisz
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:37:12 -0400 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Jc García wrote: > > > 2014-06-29 13:20 GMT-06:00 : > > > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > > > > >> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 > > >> Gevisz wrote: > > >> > > >> > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? > > >> > > >> Yes, `startx

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-29 Thread Jc García
2014-06-29 14:37 GMT-06:00 : > I have tried xfce4 using startx and it worked great under openrc and I > went to a lot of trouble to boot with systemd to keep using gnome, but > maybe I will go back to xfce4 after all, if using startx with > gnome-session gives problems. > If you want to run gnome

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-29 Thread covici
Jc García wrote: > 2014-06-29 13:20 GMT-06:00 : > > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 > >> Gevisz wrote: > >> > >> > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? > >> > >> Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, > >> unless one attempts to cov

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-29 Thread covici
Michael Cook wrote: > On 06/29/2014 03:20 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 > >> Gevisz wrote: > >> > >>> Are you sure that you need gdm at all? > >> > >> Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, > >> u

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-29 Thread Michael Cook
On 06/29/2014 03:20 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Tom Wijsman wrote: On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 Gevisz wrote: Are you sure that you need gdm at all? Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets up,

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-29 Thread Jc García
2014-06-29 13:20 GMT-06:00 : > Tom Wijsman wrote: > >> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 >> Gevisz wrote: >> >> > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? >> >> Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, >> unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets up, I do

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-29 Thread covici
Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 > Gevisz wrote: > > > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? > > Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, > unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets up, I don't > think that a plain call with a p

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-29 Thread Gevisz
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:05:58 +0200 Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 > Gevisz wrote:startxfce4 > > > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? > > Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, > unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets u

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-29 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 Gevisz wrote: > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets up, I don't think that a plain call with a plain `exec gnome-session` will work.

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-24 Thread covici
Gevisz wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:51:40 -0400 > cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > Hi. If I don't log in to gdm after a few minutes gdm enters a mode > > where no keystroke seems to wake it up -- I did manage to move the > > mouse and wake it up, but is there a way to disable the feature >

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-24 Thread Gevisz
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:51:40 -0400 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Hi. If I don't log in to gdm after a few minutes gdm enters a mode > where no keystroke seems to wake it up -- I did manage to move the > mouse and wake it up, but is there a way to disable the feature > (maybe its a screen saver o

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-24 Thread covici
Michael Cook wrote: > On 06/24/2014 11:51 AM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Hi. If I don't log in to gdm after a few minutes gdm enters a mode > > where no keystroke seems to wake it up -- I did manage to move the mouse > > and wake it up, but is there a way to disable the feature (maybe its

Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-24 Thread Michael Cook
On 06/24/2014 11:51 AM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Hi. If I don't log in to gdm after a few minutes gdm enters a mode where no keystroke seems to wake it up -- I did manage to move the mouse and wake it up, but is there a way to disable the feature (maybe its a screen saver or something), so i

[gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm

2014-06-24 Thread covici
Hi. If I don't log in to gdm after a few minutes gdm enters a mode where no keystroke seems to wake it up -- I did manage to move the mouse and wake it up, but is there a way to disable the feature (maybe its a screen saver or something), so it does not go to sleep? Thanks in advance for any sugg