Re: x starts in failsafe mode, but not regular mode
On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 10:42:10PM -0700, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> I've set up xfree86-4 on my debian woody box using the nvidia binary drivers
> and KDE. Now, when I run the kdm, I get to the KDE login screen, but when I
> log in in default mode, the screen blanks for a minute, then a simple blue
> background displays with a black bar at the top, and then I am returned ot
> the login screen.
>
> If I log in in failsafe mode, I get in far enough to see konsole and I'm
> assuming that's all failsafe mode is designed to provide.
>
> I'm not familiar enough with linux to know if this is a KDE problem, xfree86
> problem or nvidia driver problem -- can anyone offer some suggestions on what
> might be causing this problem?
>
> Thanks.
At a guess I'd say it's a KDE problems, if it was an X problem you
wouldn't get the kdm login screen, Failsafe mode is nothing like
safe mode in windows, what it does is start a X session and run
a xterm, it still loads all the same drivers so it's not a nVidia
problem, I'd look at your KDE install
Cheers
Joel
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