Re: Strange system behavior...KDE/GNOME Problem.
On Wednesday 22 November 2006 16:43, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> 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
>
Yes. Now, I did
/etc/init.d/kdm restart
so now I am in KDE.
> > 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
Oh. Thanks.I did not know this. Yes. I will try this the next time I am into a
similar situation, and which I can guarantee would be during the next
logout. :(
>
> > 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.
>
Maybe I should select a different runlevel?
But I don't really think that selecting any other value between 2-5 will help
in any way. Cuz as far as I think they behave in the exact same way. Correct
me if I am wrong.
Thanks for the inputs.
--
Regards,
Amit.
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