Re: broken kdm/kde

[Antony Gelberg <antony@wayforth.co.uk>]

Roger Creasy wrote:
> Hello. I am running Sarge, kernel 2.6.7. I installed Rosegarden, which
> has a lot of dependencies and makes lots of changes to my system. After
> the install, I have a different log in screen for kde. This log in has a
> drop-down which allows me to log in to other window managers (I think
> that is the right term). However, after typing in my creds, when I hit
> enter or click on 'log in', nothing happens. 
> I can still log in through
> the console; if I do so and enter 'startx' the system hangs before it
> gets to the log in screen. Can anyone offer assistance?

When you do it that way, are you killing the running X server first?

Have you upgraded your Sarge since it was released (i.e. are you still
using an old version of testing)?  If not, please upgrade, and report back.