On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 15:54, J.P. Pasnak wrote: > James Sparenberg said: > > > On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 11:19, J.P. Pasnak wrote: > >> !, > >> > >> I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh > >> install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce > >> the same results. > >> > >> If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming > >> this > >> is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. > >> > >> If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the > >> console, with any user, KDE starts properly. > >> > >> Any hints? > > > > Anything in either /var/log/messages or XFree860.log that would indicate > > anything? Does GDM or XDM produce the same fun for you? > > > > Missed this on the last message. XDM does work.... but none of the > others do.
OK, in /etc/X11/gdm the following files/directories exist. factory-gdm.conf gnomerc* locale.alias PreSession/ XKeepsCrashing* gdm.conf Init/ PostSession/ Sessions/ There is a directory called Sessions... in it is Default@ GNOME IceWM KDE WindowMaker (I have all of these WM's installed.) Default is currently a symlink to KDE. According to rpm -q --whatprovides and urpmf these files aren't provided by anything. the KDE file looks like this !/bin/sh exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession KDE and has permission 755 The others look the same but with the name changed. You could just create the dir and the files by hand in short order, and gdm will be available to you. On kdm go to /usr/share/config/kdm .... there is a file in this dir called README that tells you how to regenerate this directory and it's files. This may not have gotten run correctly during install.. Other possibility is that /etc/init.d/mandrakefirstime didn't run right. I believe but I'm not sure that is the program that runs all of the needed generation of these. James
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