Re: Starting KDM

[Jerry Van Brimmer <jerryvb@toast.net>]

On 02/04/03 11:26, Kent West wrote:

> Jerry Van Brimmer wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have Woody installed. I wanted to have X support for an ATI Radeon
> > 7500 card so I upgraded to XFree86 version 4.2.0. I downloaded all of
> > the files from the XFree86 website and installed them according to their
> > instructions. I use KDE 2.2.2 as my window manager, and KDM as my login
> > manager. Everything worked fine before the XFree upgrade. However, now
> > when I boot up, Woody goes straight to a console login prompt. I have
> > RTFineM. My /etc/X11/default-display-manager file says /usr/bin/kdm. I
> > have KDM installed. I have run "dpkg-reconfigure kdm" and set kdm as
> > default.  When I ran "update-rc.d kdm defaults" it says that 'System
> > startup links for /etc/init.d/kdm' already exists. Still, everytime I
> > boot up, Woody goes straight to a console login prompt. If I then login
> > as user, and then run "startx", then KDE starts up. I want KDM to start
> > up at bootup. What could be wrong?
>
>
> I assume when you say "login as user", you mean as a non-root user?
>
> What happens when you (as root) run "/etc/init.d/kdm start" (prior to 
> starting X)? It's supposed to start kdm; the results of manually running 
> this may give us another clue or two.
Yes, when I said "login as user" I meant as a non-root user. When I run

"/etc/init.d/kdm start" before starting X I get: 

Starting K Desktop Manager: done

then it goes right back to a console prompt, no GUI KDM.