On 2010-07-05, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 05:12:44 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> The point is that if you always start with a text login, it's easy to >> log in and fix whatever keeps X/KDE from working. That's why I gave >> up on graphical logins about 15 years ago. > > You must have a lot of X problems to make it worth the hassle of the > extra steps each you boot up.
It's not nearly as bad as it used to be. :) > What's wrong with dropping back to a text login on the odd occasions > that X or the DE fails to start? Nothing, as long as it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Then it helps to be able to log in to a console prompt and do something like this: $ startxfce4& (sleep 20; killall X) -- Grant
