XFree86 4.2.1 screw up

Oppy · 12-16-2002, 09:41 AM

I was updating from XFree86 4.2.0 to 4.2.1 on my SuSE 8.0 distribution. I thought that all the need files were saved away but after the update I lost the KDE login screen (console style login appears) and I need to manually start X windows (startx). How do I reenable the graphical login? Also the logout does not log out to the system login prompt but rather to the console prompt. I assume all this is connected. Any ideas as to the fix?

Thanks,

Oppy

trickykid · 12-16-2002, 09:44 AM

Make sure your runlevel specified at boot time is set to 5 instead of 3 in your /etc/inittab file.

Oppy · 12-16-2002, 12:27 PM

I checked the inittab and it seems to be set correctly. Here is the line.

# The default runlevel is defined here
id:5:initdefault:

I think that's correct.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Oppy

crashmeister · 12-16-2002, 01:11 PM

This might be a long shot but xfree-4.2.1 has or had some trouble with kde-3.1.x fonts when you compile it.

Oppy · 12-16-2002, 03:14 PM

I am using 3.0.5 (most of the files are 3.0.4). Are there any 3.1 fonts in 3.0.5?

Thanks,

Oppy

crashmeister · 12-16-2002, 03:20 PM

Nah - that shouldn't be a problem.There is a thread at http://gentoo.org under forum-desktop that covers the whole malaise.You should be ok there though.

Oppy · 12-16-2002, 05:23 PM

Here is another another possible hint. When the xdm login screen should show up, the screen jumps and then the regular console prompt shows up. It strikes me that xdm is not starting. Is there a way to force xdm to start. As an aside putting startx in .login causes X windows and KDE to start properly but the graphical login and exit are still not working.

Does anyone have a cure?

Thanks,

Oppy