Login and Desktop Problems
 

Hi linux experts,

I am having a problem logging in and don't what has happened to my desktop. I was having this same problem before which caused me to reinstall Suse 9.3. I can't see Kinternet in the toolbar to connect to the internet and when I go into the console and type the command kinternet, it says that kinternet is already running in the toolbar. When linux starts, it brings me to a light gray login screen. Then I must use xterm to "startkde". I never changed the orginal configurations. After logged in, I get these weird greenish edges to my windows that I have to click on to make the whole window open. Can anyone explain what I need to do to get my original configurations back without doing a fresh install?

Thanks!


Just click the links below to see what I'm trying to explain

http://host392.ipowerweb.com/~tsairoxc/snapshot2.jpg


http://host392.ipowerweb.com/~tsairoxc/snapshot1.jpg

You are running the twm window manager instead of kde.

Ha that's weird. It is running KDE (the desktop environment) but twm instead of kwin (the window manager). When you run startkde, try running it this way and then post the contents of /tmp/startkde.log
Congrats on an original problem though. I've never seen this one before ;)

Login/KDE problems
 

Ok, so how do I get back to kde starting automatically and normally.


So, when running the above command, I get this
http://host392.ipowerweb.com/~tsairoxc/snapshot3.jpg

What should I do now?

Thanks

Now we need you to post the contents of /tmp/startkde.log (the command above put the output from the startkde command into a file for you instead of outputting to the screen).

Try "init 5" as root to bring up the gdm login manager. On the bottom left, you can select whether you want to run KDE, Gnome, or a different windows manager.

Also, create another normal user and log in as that user. Does KDE look normal now or different. I think that you may have a problem where KDE doesn't start and twm is used instead as a fallback. The startx script will first try your choice, but if that errors it will try another. If a new user gets the same twm windows manager, you may need to reinstall, or update some of your kde packages.

A quick ( maybe desperate ) fix to try is to delete your ~/.kde directory.

Login Problems
 

Hey,

Thanks everyone who tried to help me. I just upgraded to Suse 10.0 and all is fine. Just a word to other newbies: Don't use Suse 10.1 if you are wireless and need to connect to the internet. The drivers for most or all wireless cards are not up to date yet.

trox