Dear Tim, I have tried your suggestions and I just get invalid commands and that there are no kde or enlightement files anywhere. I used the rm command exactly as you wrote and I just got an invalid command. Is there anything else that can be done? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Marcia ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Marcia L Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cannot get into Linux > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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