the display variable is crucial, could you please post all the stuff you get when you 1st boot-up.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:15 PM, ticktick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Icebreaker, > You recommended to add > DISPLAY=:0.0 > to my .bashrc and I did that. > But when I asked KDE to shutdown, it ended up with the shell and I had > to > sudo halt > myself. And when I pushed the power button again after shutdown, it > started with the shell again and I still had to > startx > again. > What is this DISPLAY anyway? > > On 21 nov, 16:24, Icebreaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try to put export DISPLAY=:0.0 in your .bashrc that should fix it. > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Christopher Stamper < > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:19 AM, ticktick <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > > >> Oops, sorry to bother you again. > > >> I am able now to start KDE again (via startx), but neither the login > > >> nor the logout works without the shell first. I always have to fill in > > >> the information, before KDE starts or shuts down. I tried to fix the > > >> problem by changing the settings. Under the "advanced" tab I now have > > >> a GRUB icon. But I don't seem to be able to fix the problem. > > >> How can I start and halt without the shell? > > > > > Edit /etc/inittab and set the runlevel to 5 instead of 3? > > > > > -- > > > Christopher Stamper > > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Web:http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg > > > gTalk:http://tinyurl.com/6e359r > > > Skype: cdstamper > > > > -- > > > > Lily Tomlin - "The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, > > you're still a rat." > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
