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I don't know what happened but I suddenly can't start my kde session.... Last thing I did was mess around with my ppp connection that's why I'm baffled that kde won't start now
This is what happens...
splash screen shows up.... takes a long while in the part where it says initializing system services... then nothing happens.... the splash screen disappears without the other stages (loading session etc) being run.... then just a blank grey screen....
Can you switch to a virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F1)? If so, does it display any error messages?
What kernel, distro, and X version are we looking at?
Are you able to load other WM's (Gnome, Floxbox, Enlightenment, etc...)?
I have 2.4.26 kernel.. I don't know what x version i have.. sorry
yes I was able to log into virtual console... and I was able to log into gnome with the same user.
my .xsession-errors file contain the following:
/etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: running: sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l :0 pablo
startkde: Starting up...
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
kbuildsycoca running...
I don't know if it helps but... after a while.... the KDE start up sound plays, but screen is still blank
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