First install Xorg. You should have compiled your kernel and the nvidia module keeping in mind the need to run Xorg.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml

emacs /etc/make.conf

Changes to make.conf:

VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"

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emerge -pv xorg-drivers

emerge xorg-server

env-update

source /etc/profile


Finally try a startx

If you momentarily get a blank screen, X may be setup correctly. Can test with emerge twm (but remeber to unmerge them)


emerge -av kde-meta


If there are use changed you need to write:


emerge -av kde-meta --autounmask-write


(Watch for another command which writes merges the changes to config files)


After installing and compiling packages of KDE, we can try to start kdm


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If all went well, KDE should start. I got a few errors with dbus and consolekit, which caused KDM to show windows without the resize/min/max buttons, and a few error message popups.


Consolekit session failed to connect to socket.


Solved by:

First see if dbus starts fine:

/etc/init.d/dbus restart


If it does, then:

rc-update add dbus default

rc-update add consolekit default


To make KDM start automatically at boot:

sudo emacs /etc/rc.conf


Add the line:

DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm"


Then add xdm to default runlevel:


rc-update add xdm default