Re: GDM, XDM & KDM
Two thoughts - neither necessarily conclusive. First, try logging in
with a different user - maybe a brand-new one to make sure there's
nothing in your home directory that is causing a problem (since I don't
know all the dotfiles used by KDM I can't tell you which one to check
directly). If that doesn't point you to something, try it the Windoze way:
apt-get remove --purge kdm
apt-get install kdm
and see if you have any better luck.
Daniel
hugo wrote:
Sorry I wasn't more clear. Can login and start any window manager, not even failsafe. If I start KDM manually, same problem. I can login with XDM & GDM, just not KDM. I looked for something that set KDM apart from GDM/XDM as far as configuration goes, just can't seem to locate it.
One unusual item though. If I install xterm (via apt-get) and login with KDM, I get an xterm and nothing else. I have since removed xterm to take a variable out of the mix to try to get to the root of the issue.
Thanks,
Hugo
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 23:56:09 -0600
Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
hugo wrote:
I recently loaded Debian on my laptop via the netinst.iso CD. GDM and XDM work like champs. I did a apt-get install kdm. Install went fine. The file /etc/X11/default-display-manager gets updated.
When I attempt to login via KDM, it looks like it's going to start KDe but just recycles and goes back to the KDM login screen (in a wicked loop). I can start KDE via startx. I can customize the look of KDM, but cannot login what so ever via KDM (except via the cosole login menu item).
Does this mean you also can't login and start a different window
manager, such as icewm or wmaker? (It's a little unclear whether you
mean that you can't login "what so ever" to KDE, or "what so ever" to
any wm.)
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Kent
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