KDE failing to load after x-windows prompt
I have completed the installation of KDE with no indication that any errors occured, apart from the suggestion that i should remove the repeated urls in the source.list file.
So, logging in to (either of) my user account(s), I enter my credentials at the x-windows prompt, and I see the KDE load screen. However, once the initiation reaches the third step(/icon), the 'Initializing Peripherals' step, it blacks out, closes the session, and returns to the x-windows prompt. the console reads: Code:
Jan 5 05:10:28 debian PAM_unix[2582]: (xdm) session closed for user (my username) |
Sounds like corrupted config files. You might fix it by removing ~/.kde/share/config/
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one problem: i can't log in as anyone, each time i do, the problem explained above occurs
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I had the same problem today. I went into the /etc/X11 xf66config-4 file and added "Off" after the DPMS option. THis solved my login problem.
Hope this helps. Roy |
Hmm, I don't use xdm, but can't you hit ctrl+alt+f1 until you get to the console -- then suspend with ctrl+z, become root, telinit 4, then get back into X and kill it nicely if you want.
Then from runlevel 4, become the user you want to be and use startx. |
but is there any way of accessing the command line without logging in? or disabling KDE momentarily without the use of the command line? as i said i'm unable to log in, how were you able to?
edit: oh, thank you! |
excuse my stupidity, but how does one return to X-windows once on the command line?
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startx
You will drop back to the console if X dies, which frankly might be convenient in your case, while you track down the problem. |
awesome, okay so here's what i've got:
after it prints out the line regarding the mouse, it says: Code:
Fatal server error: |
No.
Your most recent logfile will be in /var/log/XFree86.0.log |
I'm having the same problem -> does anyone know how to fix this?
-The Pentium Guy |
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