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Bug 306997

Summary: Small update to X HOWTO to include info about startx
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org Reporter: Nathan Zachary (RETIRED) <NathanZachary>
Component: Other documentsAssignee: Docs Team <docs-team>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: Patch from 1.26 to 1.27

Description Nathan Zachary (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-02-26 19:56:47 UTC
I have made a very small patch to the current X Server Configuration HOWTO to indicate the problem with issuing startx after emerging xorg-server instead of xorg-x11.  The issue has come up a few times in the fora, and I think it would help to just put a little note about it.
Comment 1 Nathan Zachary (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-02-26 19:57:54 UTC
Created attachment 221369 [details]
Patch from 1.26 to 1.27

Just adds the information about issuing startx failing if xorg-server was used instead of xorg-x11.  Makes the user aware that he or she must firstly emerge some type of window manager or desktop environment.
Comment 2 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-05-14 22:25:16 UTC
I updated the X guide some time ago with something similar, so this is fixed as far as I'm concerned.