What was the command typed then? If the command was typed out correctly, it woul have worked just fine. rm -Rf ~/.kde This wil remove the directory that keeps all the PERSONAL kde configs on your machine. If you get rid of that, you should be able to basically start all over with out them, and they will be made as you start to login. You said you can't load any other windows managers either. How did you go about loading them? If you're in level 3, you'll have to edit the ~/.xinitrc to load the right windows manager. Try editing your ~/.xinitrc to load another windows manager. Try these commands. [timh@r2d2 timh]$ which enlightenment /usr/X11R6/bin/enlightenment [timh@r2d2 timh]$ echo "exec enlightenment" > ~/.xinitrc [timh@r2d2 timh]$ chmod +x ~/.xinitrc After you've done that, run xinit or startx. You should then load Enlightenment. Just click the middle mouse button and then select "Log Out" to get out of Enlightenment. That will prove that X is running fine, and it's KDE that's the problem. But I do believe if you run the correct command, (rm -Rf ~/.kde) your problem will be fixed. tdh -- T. Holmes ----------------- UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------- "Real Men Use Vi!" Uptime: -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4:18pm up 1 day, 20:01, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.02, 0.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Dear All, Thank you so much for the wonderful suggestions. Civilme, I tried | your solution below, however I just got an erro message that it was an | incorrect command. I was able to get to a console though through F3 I | believe and found my files in text mode. It seemed that I was able to move | around there without a problem but I cannot get KDE up or any other window | manager. Since I can get into my filesystem through the console what can I | do about repairing my X, window managers or whatever is truly wrong here. | Thanks for your help. | | Sincerely, | | Marcia | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ------------------------------------------------------------------
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