On Thursday 16 October 2003 04:50 am, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Thursday 16 Oct 2003 06:56, Fred Wade wrote: > > Somehow something got broken. > > > > kdm seems to run ok, but all selections for the session selection > > result in a single console window at login. Typing startkde in the > > window starts kde, after which kde appears as before, except for the > > extra console window. > > > > My .xsession-errors file contains: > > > > /usr/X11R6/bin/twm: another window manager is already running on > > screen 0? /usr/X11R6/bin/twm: unable to find any unmanaged screens > > Hmmm, I don't think you want to be running twm. Do you have an > /etc/X11/Sessions/kde-3.1.4 file?
Yes. > > > Both .xinitrc and .xsession contain "startkde" > > > > Typing startx at a console login starts kde. > > > > Both root and my account exhibit the same behavior. > > > > Let me know what other info is needed. > > The following extract from the Gentoo Linux Desktop Configuration Guide > may help: > > Code listing 3.7: /etc/rc.conf -- setting DISPLAYMANAGER > # What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm ] > DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm > Mine has: DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" > Now we just need to make sure that the xdm start-up script is read when > booting. > > Code listing 3.8: Adding XDM script to default runlevel > > # rc-update add xdm default Got: xdm already installed in runlevel default; skipping > > Reboot, and see if X/KDE comes up! > No luck yet. The appearance of the login screen has also changed somewhat, although the control panel can still modify its appearance. Thanks for the info. Fred -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
