No I didn't edit xorg.conf.d either
@ mandog
I tried also to start gdm as a deamon, actually in the last couple of tries I did it this way. And I have commented the inittabs file properly so it doesnt try to start gdm from there aswell. No success though
edit: for the record my deamon array now is: DEAMONS=(dbus network @syslog-ng crond gdm)
edit2: The warning in the tty is gone btw, guess it had to do something with gnome-extra so irrelevant to the issue probably.
edit, have you modified any part of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/* ?
]]>so try removing it, at least just for a trial session.
ezik
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# /etc/inittab
#
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty6 linux
# Serial Virtual Console for KVM and others VMs
#s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 9600 ttyS0 linux
# Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM
#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 hvc0 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1
# End of file
xt:5:wait::/usr/bin/chvt 7
Also my VGA is an ATI radeon 5850 and I am using the open source radeon driver
]]>Yes startx seems to be working fine, it loads 3 xterms and a clock
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