On 10/10/11 14:04, Harry Putnam wrote: > Scott Ferguson <[email protected]> writes: > >>>> You only need one login manager - you currently have both the GNOME one, >>>> and the KDE one installed, and clearly, you a .xinitrc as well. >>>> Fluxbox can be started from kdm as well. So:- >>>> $ mv ~.xinrtc ~xinitrc.bak >>>> # dpkg-reconfigure kdm > > So far having just 1 would not have been so smart. Ditto for .xinitrc > > dpkg-reconfigure kdm now done (on reboot I see no improvment) I > logged in as different user so .xinitrc should not have been a factor. > > It was a gnome gui login.
It's the desktop (from your description, part of it anyway) - the login is normally done through gdm3..... however > However gdm3 was taken out of service some > time back with rcconf > rcconf!? OK - that explains a bit.... you have Fluxbox/Blackbox/Fvwm, GNOME, *and* now KDE installed (that's a lot of desktop environments) - and you've customized the start up services. But - if you removed gdm3 from the startup process using rcconfg - how come you login using it? Without asking a lot more information it's hard (for me) to give a simple fix.... *If* you removed gdm3 from the start process - and your selections list (from dpkg --get-selections) is correct, then the only graphical login screen should be the KDE greeter from kdm:- http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OZHbJ8c71OM/SE_5EhFQwHI/AAAAAAAABK4/sNbJrkoZyzA/s400/kdm-1.png At the login prompt - is a graphical login or a text login? If it's a graphical login choose KDE from the session list, then login as a user (don't login to the user with the .xinitrc - unless you actually followed the instructions to move that). If it's a text login - login as root and run:- # /etc/init.d/kdm start That should give you a graphical login - choose KDE as the session type, then login as a user (don't login to the user with the .xinitrc - unless you actually followed the instructions to move that). Hopefully someone else can assist you from here - I'll be offline for the next couple of days. NOTE: from reading your posts on debian-user it appears you are also compiling x from source - not sure how that will affect a desktop manager/graphical login Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
