Configure Display Manager

This guide focuses on using xfce4 as a display manager. Xfce4 is lightweight and highly customizable.

check your make.conf for the following USE flags: USE="-gnome -kde -minimal -qt3 -qt4 X branding dbus hal lock session startup-notification thunar"

now emerge xfce and some other related packages.

$ sudo emerge -av xfce4-meta xfce4-mixer thunar-archive-plugin x11-terms/terminal xfce4-screenshooter galculator gedit mesa-progs file-roller tumbler x11-themes/tangerine-icon-theme x11-themes/tango-icon-theme x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-extras

once the emerge has completed, you'll want to add yourself and any other users to the necessary groups. Simply substitute in your desired users for username below.

$ for x in plugdev cdrom cdrw usb video ; do sudo gpasswd -a username $x ; done

to start xfce with xwindows

$ sudo echo "exec startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc

Next you'll want to Configure Login Manager.