You might start by taking a closer look at '/etc/init.d/dm'... Is there a link in the /etc/rc5.d directory? Does 'service dm start' bring up kdm?
HTH, -Jason On Wednesday 27 August 2003 07:37, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Before rebuilding my last kernel (2.4.21-0.13mdk because all subsequent mdk > kernels simply refuse to work on my laptop), I had no problems with kdm. > It came up after the initial bootup just fine. Now, it wont come up and I > get dumped to the console for the old-fashioned (ugly) CLI login and > "startx" routine. > > If I go to superuser or login as root, I can run "kdm" and the login > manager comes up OK. If I do "init 5" instead nothing happens, I remain at > the CLI. I have run Drakconf several times and set the system to startup > XFree at startup but the result remains...no graphical login manager. I > have also just reinstalled my kde rpms to try to get it back (kdebase-kdm, > etc) but I am still at the CLI after bootup. I have also run XFdrake and > set the system to start X after bootup to no avail. > > How do I get my graphical login manager back? I want kdm to come up after > bootup. Which config file or script controls this? I may have to get ugly > and simply put "exec kdm" in my rc.local file, but I really don't want to. > Help? > > praedor > - -- > Key fingerprint = D6F9 8682 2257 2871 10C6 DB92 6F50 8BBA B100 EB15 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/TJgMb1CLurEA6xURAkhvAKDSnUw8TSif669f6cdM955E9FUzOgCdG4TF > 2PfeFsaz/+MVxSMMKYBGHsA= > =t4gU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ========================= The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind. (Soul Music)
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