Re: XFree86 Problems [continues Woody Installation Problems II]
On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 10:11, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
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> On Monday 30 September 2002 12:06 am, Daniel Fabian wrote:
> > > I replaced that with the xserver-svga driver. Yes it is 3.3.6 not 4.x,
> > > but with this driver, I find the video to be quite satisfactory
> > > (although I haven't tried anything really demanding.) This version of
> > > the older driver works with the other components of X 4.x.
> >
> > My fscking laptop is driving me crazy. One problem hunts the other. I
> > resolved the xfree86 problem (by using vesa as driver instead of sis) and
> > now x starts correctly and I get to the grapical login manager. I try to
> > login, and the kde startscreen shows up. Then the keyboard symbol is
> > embossed, it switches back to the konsole for a second, then back to the
> > kde startscreen again, and then I'm at the graphical loginmanager again.
> > ??? wtf ???.
> >
> > > Bob
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Daniel
>
> Daniel:
>
> Were you attempting an x loggin as root? That might not be a good idea, and
> it also might not work depending on your security setup.
>
> Were you attempting to log in as user? Then take a look at the file in this
> user home file called .xsession-errors for any details related to the kde
> failure.
>
> Off the top of my head, it might be a missing lib or component for kde. The
> errors should help you track it down.
>
> In my case, I start with blackbox and IceWM first. Once these two super
> light weight GUI's are installed, I then install kde. If kde breaks, I
> always have a solid desktop GUI to fall back on. It is also helpful when I
> am doing a lot of *stuff* to use blackbox to free up extra hardware resources.
>
> Congrats on the xfree setup. You're half way there! :)
>
> hth
>
> tatah
>
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> Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user\/ http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls
> If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. I SHOUT JUST FOR FUN.
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Offhand, I get that if my power went out while using KDE - the only
recovery I've found so far is to delete ~/.kde/ (which thankfully
doesn't lose anywhere near as much information as if I'd deleted
~/.gnome/), and then everything loads up fine and I can set a handful of
preferences.
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