On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After fighting a while with Xfree 4.0 that came with Mdk7.1 (I could
> only get a screen full of garbage), I've managed to install Xfree 4.01
> by using the binary tar balls provided by xfree86.org. However, I have a
> new problem: the graphical login does not function properly anymore: kdm
> appears (with the X background) with all options but I cannot launch KDE
> or any other window manager from there. I can only startx from the
> prompt (runlevel 3) and I only get TWM, which is far from ideal. Does
> anyone have any insight about how to make the graphical login functional
> again, as well as the other window managers, short of reinstalling 3.3.6
> ?
>
> Thank you for your time!!!
I had a similar problem - I had to re-install x4.01 with the tarballs from
xfree86.org before i could even get x to work at all. I had to edit my
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file to remove the twm login and the 2
terminals and the clock at the end. I replaced them with just 'kde'. Then
when I tried using kdm the everything looked fine until you hit go. It just
returned you to the original kdm login screen ( just reset the fields).
The big break came when I installed the
xinitrc.rpm from cooker. It restored the xinitrc back
to the way it's suppose to be. kdm works just great!!!!
