Re: Strange system behavior...KDE/GNOME Problem.
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:10:13 +0530
Amit Joshi <amitjoshi86@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know what is wrong with my system. I have a system running
> Debian Testing with the 2.6.17-2 kernel and things were just fine,
> unless I installed GNOME.
>
> As such, the system works absolutely fine, and both KDE and GNOME
> work flawlessly. But the real problem is when i try to switch users
> and/or switch between these Desktop Environments.
>
> I am running KDE 3.5.5 and GNOME 2.14.3
>
> To be more specific about the problem, while the system boots up, I
> get the normal KDM Login Screen. Then I select whatever DE I want to
> use. But once I am done, and log out, it directly takes me to the
> console. This time, I don't see the KDM Login Screen.
Is KDM still running at this point? What is the output of the following?
ps ax | grep kdm
> And then,
> typing "kdm" at the command line doesn't do any good. Nothing
> happens!
If KDM has died, restart it using (as root)
/etc/init.d/kdm start
>Then I try to run "startkde". It gives me the following
> output.
>
> > xsetroot: unable to open display ''
> > xset: unable to open display ""
[...]
"startkde" requires a running X server. So you could invoke it like
this:
startx /usr/bin/startkde
>
>
> Then, when I run "startx", it starts GNOME.
>
> My default runlevel is 2 and my '/etc/X11/default-display-manager'
> file has got a single line saying "kdm" .
>
> I have no clue whats's wrong!
> Anybody with similar problems??
My comments above don't address the issue of why logging out throws you
into a virtual terminal, but I hope they help anyway.
--
Liam
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