Re: Upgraded KDE2.0 -> KDE2.1, now can't start

[Hendrik Sattler <ubq7@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>]

Am Sonntag, 25. März 2001 17:19 schrieb Charles Gates:
> I upgraded my KDE last night using "apt-get install kdebase task-kde"
> and now KDE won't start.  KDM starts, but when a user tries to login, I
> get the following error:
>
> "Startup program /etc/X11/kdm/Xstartup_0 exited with a non-zero status.
> Please contact your system administrator. Please press OK to retry."
>
> Retrying doesn't help.
>
> Any ideas on what I can try to get things working again?

Did you try startx?
Did you try something like wdm or xdm?
The only time when Xstartup could exit non-zero here is when /etc/nologin 
exists. (?!?)

HS