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Bug 910379 - Gentoo livegui installation media won't boot into kde as expected
Summary: Gentoo livegui installation media won't boot into kde as expected
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LiveCD/DVD/USB (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Release Team
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Reported: 2023-07-15 04:46 UTC by Penguin
Modified: 2024-01-13 20:21 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
startx output (startxemerge--info-4JNA.txt,3.44 KB, text/plain)
2023-07-15 04:48 UTC, Penguin
Details

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Description Penguin 2023-07-15 04:46:05 UTC
The LiveGUI installation ISO doesn't take me directly into kde on some machines. On some machines, it just takes me into a shell prompt, very similar to the minimal installer. On my laptop, it takes me right into KDE. On the machines that don't take me into kde, I tried to run startx and got the following result:


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create live install media using this command: 
```
dd if=./livegui-amd64-20230711T174853Z.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=8192k; sync
```
2. boot from that usb in uefi mode from bios
Actual Results:  
I get logged into a shell. When I try to run startx, I get errors (attached).

Expected Results:  
I expect kde to run when the session begins.

Restarting the display manager with the following gets kde to start:
```
sudo rc-service restart display-manager restart
```
Comment 1 Penguin 2023-07-15 04:48:50 UTC
Created attachment 865511 [details]
startx output
Comment 2 Ben Kohler gentoo-dev 2023-11-06 16:46:16 UTC
Plain startx will use the system default xinitrc which calls xterm & twm, which are not installed.

Can you try this for a low-level X test?
XSESSION=fluxbox startx
Comment 3 Penguin 2024-01-13 20:21:11 UTC
I'm unable to reproduce the issue anymore. I'm assuming it was fixed