I'm unsure if this is a modular X problem or not. startx gives this error: xterm: error while loading shared libraries: libXaw.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory xterm: error while loading shared libraries: libXaw.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory xterm: error while loading shared libraries: libXaw.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory libXaw is installed and it is version 1.0.1
So re-emerge it or run revdep-rebuild. Reopen if that doesn't help.