On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 19:02, Matthew M wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 11 July 2002 10:02 pm, Eric Aumont wrote: > > When the system boots, I get the message "starting K desktop > > manager : done", then the login in text mode and no kde. > > You are right; usually this means that there is some problem preventing X > from > starting. > > Try logging in to the console then doing dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, > which will let you configure your X server. If that doesn't work, you should > probably do what Jon Ellis says and look at the KDM log, which will tell you > why X failed to start.
>From /var/log/kdm.log: XFree86 Version 3.3.6a / X Window System ... Fatal server error: No config file found! Log in and run startx from the console. From /var/log/XFree86.0.log: XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System ... XF 3 can't find the config file because I'm using XF86Config-4 I upgraded to XFree86 4.1 by installing from source (the debs weren't available.) kdm worked for a while after that but something I've done recently has broken it. (It may have happened while I was mucking about getting KDE 3 installed and working.) How do I go about removing XF 3 without farkling XF 4, and how do I get kdm to start version 4? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
