On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 04:10:13PM +0530, Amit Joshi 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. And then, typing "kdm" at the command line doesn't > do any good. Nothing happens! Then I try to run "startkde". It gives me the > following output. > <snip> > > 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?? Hi Amit. I'd try to debug the startkde script and see what's happening. bash -x /path/to/startkde Do you have any .X* or .x* files? Also, what about if you do thing: su <type password> /etc/init.d/kdm restart Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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