Re: kdm can't start X
Am Freitag, 14. Januar 2005 11.02 schrieb Clemens Bergmann:
> On Friday 14 January 2005 09:50, Theo Schmidt wrote:
> > BUT: kdm still doesn't work! I've tried removing it and reinstalling it,
> > but the behaviour is exactly the same as before: after loging in with the
> > kdm window, the signal to the monitor disappears (black screen) for a few
> > seconds and then the kdm window appears again.
>
> 1. Check in kdm which window manager is used. Standard configuration is
> using the same as in your last session. If this was messed up, kdm will try
> the wrong manager again if you do not change it.
This is OK.
> 2. All kdm settings are stored in /etc/kde3/kdm (at least on my sarge
> installation). If you try a clean reinstallation, you should remove all
> files in this directory before installing kdm again. In my experience,
> configuration files are not always removed when removing or reinstalling a
> package.
Done this and reinstalled kdm. Now it lists all users including all system
users but still can't start any window manager. Small progress: it *can* shut
down the PC!
> 3. Did you check if there are any configuration files of gdm left over?
> They may be interfering with the kdm settings.
Yes, there were some. I removed these. Still doesn't work. Indication that
this is the root of the problem and there are still some around: when
unsucessfully trying to start a window manger, kdm briefly displays the
Gnome-type round whirly cursor instead of the KDE arrow cursor.
Am Freitag, 14. Januar 2005 14.17 schrieb cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis):
...
> hm , Have you tried explicitly selecting the session type in kdm :
> 'menu-> session type->default' should be equivalent to startx
> 'menu-> session type ->kde' should explicitly start kde
>
> do either of those work?
neither, nor any others.
> incedently which entry among the session types has the '(previous)' marker
> (that's the one kdm is trying now).
kde
> If that's not it you should look at the .desktop files
> in /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions/ (the kde one for starting kde)
In this there are 45 files xxx.desktop including kde.desktop. Looking into
this doesn't tell me anything.
> If none of the above works you can always use xdm, gdm, or wdm
I guess I'll have to, but I'm anti-gdm, as it doesn't allow a shutdown without
the root password (at least I couldn't find the right setting)
Am Freitag, 14. Januar 2005 10.16 schrieb Adeodato Simó:
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> uhm, do you see any significant differences in /var/log/XFree86.0.log
> after using startx and after logging through kdm? anything relevant in
> /var/log/kdm.log?
There is no /var/log/kdm.log, but a /var/log/gdm.log!
It looks like I have to reinstall gdm in order to see where it puts all its
files and remove each one manually. Incidently, gdm seems about ten times the
size as kdm, with 10% of the options...
Theo Schmidt
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