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#1 2006-05-22 18:13:02

Komodo
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From: Oxford, UK
Registered: 2005-11-03
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XGL + KDE = groovy, XGL + Gnome = GDM won't start...

I've followed the instructions in the Arch wiki to the 'T', and also tried on a separate occasion  to follow the Gentoo wiki directions for getting GDM to work with XGL; neither has helped me. When I boot up, GDM tries to load (I get the watch-face cursor), but it doesn't load... it waits for a while, then flashes to a tty and back again, does this waiting & flashing twice more, then I get an 'Xserver failed to start' BSOD.

I can nest an XGL Xserver in a 'startx'd gnome instance no problem, and everything works great. Also, I've got XGL working with KDE flawlessly, using KDM, a few days ago. GDM's being a real bugger though, and I can't think how to fix it :shock:

Any suggestions? The log in /var/log/gdm is of no use.


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#2 2006-05-22 18:18:47

russianpirate
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Registered: 2006-05-17
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Re: XGL + KDE = groovy, XGL + Gnome = GDM won't start...

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xgl … starts_XGL

Use the second method so that GDM starts on a regular X server

I dont use XGL myself cause its very unstable.. but i might try it (or not cause i just read all the problems on the bottom.. its really not worth the fun i can have lol)


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#3 2006-05-22 19:10:56

Komodo
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From: Oxford, UK
Registered: 2005-11-03
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Re: XGL + KDE = groovy, XGL + Gnome = GDM won't start...

Cheers for that russianpirate, I'd forgotten there was another method of getting it to work... it's irritating that it won't work normally with GDM though :?


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