Hi James, Yes X is starting and since xconsole is the only thing that runs, I have no menus and toolbars. I have tried logging in as both a regular user as well as root, both did the same thing. After a boot, the xconsole login screen comes up (in init 5) and I cannot choose which window manager I want to use at all. I should try deleting the .kde directory in any case. Thank you for your help!
Rodney On Monday 16 May 2005 04:20 pm, James A. Stroble wrote: > On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 11:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am running SuSE 9.3 and I noticed that if I install something or do an > > program update, sometimes I lose the ability to start KDE, GNOME, etc... > > and I do not have any clue why (I haven't changed any display settings). > > Especially since the update/install is for some program that shouldn't > > be touching the setting for X (ie. Gnucash, DVDrip, etc..). When it > > happens, I can only get the xconsole login manager and GUI. > > Rodney, > This means that X is starting, and the window manager, but you do not > have the menus and toolbar and so forth? I have had a similar problem > in Mandrake (at least I think it was mandrake). Have you tried logging > on as another user? In my case, the user config files got messed up, so > if I was another user, KDE worked fine. So if I remember correctly, I > deleted the .kde directory in my home directory (you can use lots of > customization this way, there might be a more delicate approach to > take), and it was recreated when I logged in again. > Might be a good idea to backup your home directory from the command line > before you do anything drastic. > > Now if only we knew what made your system do this....
