Submitted 24-Aug-00 by Dennis Robertson:
> Ellick and Stephen,
> Thank you both - that got KDE to run, but only from startx in the
> console. Getting there, though. If I boot to runlevel 5 I still get
> the "cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm""
I presume you have checked the permissions on the file? If not, simply do:
chmod -v 0755 /etc/X11/prefdm
> and respawning too fast messages. Any further thoughts on how to achieve a
> normal boot to KDE?
If that doesn't work (and assuming that you only use KDE), you can replace
the script with a new one that reads:
#!/bin/sh
exec $(which kdm) $*
Remeber to set it executable as above.
> I am beginning to think a fresh install is the only way to unscramble the
> mess 7.1 made of my X config.
This actually has nothing to do with X config. There is a specific sequence
of scripts that get run when you boot the machine and it is one of those
that is broken is some way. You aren't getting far enough for it to be an X
problem :p
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