Is kdm running? (started by /etc/init.d/dm -> /etc/X11/prefdm, could also be gdm or xdm)
Bob. On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 17:30, melchior wrote: > sorry, i'm making an ass of myself. X starts without a problem and i > can run the console under X with both the r128 and fbdev drivers. (i > think that's right. just a black console, but i can move the mouse > around.) so my problems are about the window manager. sorry i didn't > mention this before, wasting your time with the X stuff. somehow i > forgot, or something... anyway > > window manager probs... r128 can't get anything but unresolved symbols. > fbdev however has interesting behavior. linux boots up, loads the > window manager and shows nothing but a blue screen. control alt delete > dumps back to the console then starts the wm again. this time it goes > happily all the way into kde. > > i can run basic kde apps and terminals. but i can't run root apps (i > hope you understand what i am trying to say) like mandrakecontrol or > anything that wants a root password. they ask for the password and then > close instantly. > > here is the .xsession-error file from my ordinary users: > > cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/klipper.desktop': No > such file or directory > cp: cannot stat > `/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/Root_interface.kcsrc': No such file > or directory > startkde: Starting up... > iceauth: creating new authority file /root/.ICEauthority > Hangup > GOT SIGHUP > startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. > /usr/bin/startkde: line 197: xmessage: command not found > DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-1789' to 'kded' > ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > ksmserver: cannot connect to X server :0 > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > kdeinit: Can't connect to the X Server. > kdeinit: Might not terminate at end of session. > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > kcminit: cannot connect to X server :0 > startkde: Shutting down... > ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 1788, errno = 2 > kdeinit: Communication error with launcher. Exiting! > startkde: Running shutdown scripts... > startkde: Done. > > > > and here is the .xsession-errors from the root user > > cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/klipper.desktop': No > such file or directory > cp: cannot stat > `/usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/Root_interface.kcsrc': No such file > or directory > startkde: Starting up... > iceauth: creating new authority file /root/.ICEauthority > Hangup > GOT SIGHUP > startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. > /usr/bin/startkde: line 197: xmessage: command not found > DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-1789' to 'kded' > ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > ksmserver: cannot connect to X server :0 > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > kdeinit: Can't connect to the X Server. > kdeinit: Might not terminate at end of session. > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > kcminit: cannot connect to X server :0 > startkde: Shutting down... > ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 1788, errno = 2 > kdeinit: Communication error with launcher. Exiting! > startkde: Running shutdown scripts... > startkde: Done. > > > > i am not sure what you mean by ps output from a console. i ran 'ps' on > a hunch and just shows bash and sh > > thanks for all this help and your patience with my stupidity > > On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 12:06 AM, Stew Benedict wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, melchior wrote: > > > >> when i log in with either driver i can move the cursor around the > >> console. but startx doesn't load. > >> > >> using fbdev as the driver. as su, i type startx. i get a red screen > >> and > >> eventually a warning about using the gui as root. after a while i can > >> pull up the menubar at the bottom, try to load anything and it just > >> sits in the bar with the hour glass, not doing anything. > >> startx as a regular user i get a blue screen and only a blue screen. > >> nothing happens. there's no menu bar, nothing. eventually i push > >> control alt delete to get out of it. > >> > > > > Again, you're confusing X and the desktop environment. X alone isn't > > much, a graphical display and possibly a mouse cursor. If you have > > that, > > then XFree is working. I don't understand what you mean by "startx > > doesn't load". Either X runs, or you drop back to the console. > > > > For the other, I need more information. Look at ps output from a > > console, > > look at .xsession-errors in the X user's home directory. It sounds like > > some process is hanging, and it might well be drakfw, like I mentioned > > in > > the last message. > > > > > > Stew Benedict > > > > -- > > MandrakeSoft > > PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 > > IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc > > Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2 > > > >
