Re: Strange system behavior...KDE/GNOME Problem.
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:05:50 +0530
Amit Joshi <amitjoshi86@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
Then hitting ctrl-alt-f7 should get you back to the login screen. No
need to restart KDM, nor to invoke startkde.
[...]
> 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.
No, you are right.
> Thanks for the inputs.
>
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Liam
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