On 10/10/11 10:46, Harry Putnam wrote: > Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> writes: > >>> >>> When I rebooted I got a KDM login and was then dropped into an X >>> session with only a terminal emulator and black backdrop. No >>> icons, panels or etc. Further no menus produced by clicking any mouse >>> buttons. > > That was bad information, and it appears much of your reply is based > on it. When I saw a gui login I assumed it was KDE, it turned out not > to be. Apparently it was GNOME... But it did not appear like the > gnome login I've seen before. > > So up to now I've still not managed to raise a kde login. > > I'm proceeding with your other instructions and will report back when done. > > Please don't fork the posts Harry - just the one response per post. :-) When there's too many different posts people just don't read the required information - and their advice is unlikely to be useful.
In a short period of time you've generated over a dozen posts across two lists - by just reply to the same post, instead of creating new ones, it's easier for us to follow what's happening. Here's a reasonable guide:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style You only need one login manager - you currently have both the GNOME one, and the KDE one installed, and clearly, you a .xinitrc as well. Fluxbox can be started from kdm as well. So:- $ mv ~.xinrtc ~xinitrc.bak # dpkg-reconfigure kdm NOTE: you'll still able to chose a non-gui login if you wish - you'll just have a single place to chose from. Rather that have us dig through the dozen plus posts on this list and the Debian-users list on this subject so that we can get a full view of the situation... Please run the following commands:- $ dpkg --get-selections > ~/selections.txt $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list > ~/sources.list $ ls -s /etc/alternatives | grep manager > ~/sessions.txt $ cat /etc/init.d/kdm | grep HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER > ~/default_dm.txt $ cp /etc/X11/default-display-manager ~ And attach the output to your reply to this post ie.:- selections.txt sources.list sessions.txt default_dm.txt default-display-manager Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e923d91.7060...@gmail.com