Re: Getting KDE to work

[Frederik Dannemare <tux@sentinel.dk>]

Chris Robinson wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just installed Debian for the first time.  I use RedHat a lot.  I 
>  have got the KDE log on screen.
>
> The first question is how do you get it to come up in text mode?  I have 
> tried editint initteb.

Have a look at 'man update-rc.d' or simply do a
'mv /etc/rc2.d/S99kdm /etc/rc2.d/xS99kdm' to prevent kdm from executing.

> I have added chris with useradd chris.  I can log log on with root, and 
> when I log on with chris it shows the desktop backgroup and the returns 
> to the log on screen?

Dunno about this one. Will surely need more info. What does your log files 
tell you?

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Frederik Dannemare