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Hi,
I installed gentoo successfully (? ) on my laptop. The system is working fine except for the GUI. I first installed gnome-light but it used to give the following error:
Code:
The panel encountered a problem whhile loading
OAFIID: GNOME_MixerApplet
Do you want to delete this applet from your configuration?
There would be choice to/not to do as per suggestion but both my keyboard and mouse would hang. I had to poweroff with power button and then boot back.
I also get the following error:
Code:
Error starting GNOME Settings Daemon
Some things like themes, sounds or background settings may not work properly.
The Settings Daemon restarted too many times.
...
I then unmerged gnome-light and emerged gnome. Now the MixerApplet error has gone. But I still have the second error.
I tried in irc too and emerged many packages like 'gentoolkit'. Nothing has helped. What could be the problem? As a newbie I badly need GUI to further learn online. If you need the output of any command or contents of any files/logs please let me know.
__________________ A candle looses nothing by lighting other candles. - Khalil Zibran. Registered Linux User #490076
It is from Arch wiki. There is an elaborate explanation regarding input hotplugging. I did not understand a bit. The same lines worked for Arch. So, just thought of trying it out. Now, my keyboard and mouse are not freezing.
But I still get the second error related to Gnome Setttings Daemon.
__________________ A candle looses nothing by lighting other candles. - Khalil Zibran. Registered Linux User #490076
Anyway, here is another update. I was logging into CLI and from there I used to start GUI when needed. For no good reason, I changed inittab to boot into GUI, by default. Funny thing is, now there is no 'Gnome Settings Daemon' error that I was talking about. I'm wondering how the problem was related to starting X from terminal or from display manager.
As otherwise the problem is solved, I'm closing this thread. If any of you know the explanation please l let me know. If it is not possible to post in a 'solved' thread, you can pm me.
__________________ A candle looses nothing by lighting other candles. - Khalil Zibran. Registered Linux User #490076
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) on my laptop. The system is working fine except for the GUI. I first installed gnome-light but it used to give the following error:
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