On Wednesday 30 January 2002 07:58, Alex Fite-Wassilak wrote: > Hi, I'm running LM 8.1 on a dell inspiron 8000. Everything had worked > pretty smoothly until I recently downloaded all the new KDE 2.2.2 > packages. I put them all in a folder in my home directory, then did > rpm -Fvh > the install went off without an apparent hitch, but when I rebooted KDE > crashed on startup and then donesn't do anything. I have to restart the > X-server (ctl-alt-backspace) to get back to the kde display manager (the > login thingee). It says that ksplash is getting a SIGGENV signal. > sometimes it says it's the kmsserver. I tried to rpm -Uvh --force > the old packages from the distribution, but everytime I boot it's the > same thing. even with the old packages. Also, I accidentally started x > as root, and it worked fine. no hang-ups. I'm a little confused what the > problem is. Anyone encounter a similar problem or know how I might get > kde running again? Any little hint is appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > > Alex
You could try renaming your ~/.kde directory to ~/.kde-old and see if it makes a new one. If it does, you could then copy any special configs from your .kde-old directory while keeping an eye out for the offending file that prevents kde from starting. Might me worth a try. If it doesn't work you could rename it back to ~/.kde until you find the solution. Can you start Gnome or any other wm? skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works
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