Are you using an interactive login? If so disactivate it and try tuning your XF86Config resp. XF86Config-4. I also once made the same mistake: gnome kde etc. are considered as customisation i.e. one must hack the various files if one let the install wipe out everything... Lionel
--- Jeffrey Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed glibc-2.2.5 and gcc-3.0.4 on my Redhat 6.2 system so I could > use the > XFree86 4.2.0 binaries to do my upgrade. I am running KDE desktop 1.1.2. > The XFree86 install seemed to go fine as did the following run of > xf86config. > > During the install of XFree86 4.2.0 I was asked if I wanted to overwrite > the previous > config files such as app-defaults, fs, xdm, etc. The documenttion said > that if I hadn't > customized any of these files it would be OK to answer "Y" to all these > overwrite > questions, so I did. Of course, I guess that installing a desktop such > as KDE or > GNOME could be considered as a customization. > > At any rate, when I rebooted following the run of xf86config I was > presented with the KDE > login screen (sans blue background) and typed in my username and > password. The screen > blanked for a second and then returned me to the login screen. Does > anyone know what > is happening here? Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > Jeff Stephens > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
