Gentoo - Boot problem

[mesut]

i've installed Gentoo 1.4 (From stage 1) to my laptop,everyting seemed to be fine. But it didnt boot.

it says

Executing all Device _STA and_INI methods:....

and hangs.

what must i do now?

Thank you.[/code]

[mesut]

i compiled new kernel with acpi disabled,and it boots now.
then i installed xfree,kde and gnome.

now, when i type

startkde

it gives no X found like error.
if i start x first, it starts and i start kde from there, kde starts but it is very strange. windows are not movable,sizable. there is no taskbar etc...

how to start kde and gnome like other distros?

this is my 6th gentoo try with no success

Thank You!

[lordnothing]

edit /etc/rc.conf there's a line in it that says 'XSESSION=" (w/o quotes).. you can put kde-<version> there and it will start it as the default wm.. i can't remember where the X scripts are atm, though.. just make sure that you don't have a ~/.xinitrc because that overrides /etc/rc.conf settings.