On Wednesday 08 January 2003 09:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi!, > I have been trying to change my login screen from kdm to gdm and also > some other changes like changing the login screen background etc.But i > seemed to have messed up my system.Now when i boot the boot operation goes > well but on the login screen which is still kdm i see icons for some 10-15 > users like postfix,postgres etc.
open up kcontrol (as root) go to system -> Login manager, then click the "users" tab, and make sure the UID ranges and "do not show hidden users" switches are correctly set up. >In the desktop options there are only two > options i.e. default,failsafe :) no gnome,kde.When i login using my account > i see a xterm window on top left quarter of screen with no titlebar or > scrollbar,though my mouse works, kde or gnome or any other desktop does not > come up.if from this xterm window i give commands startkde or startgnome i > can start kde and gnome and work with them.Logout or shutdown from > graphical desktop takes me back to this xterm.if i close the xterm while in > kde or gnome system takes me back to login screen.Also when i go to Again, open up kcontrol as root, go to system -> login manager, click on "sessions" tab, in the lower part of that pane add KDE, GNOME and any other you like. My list looks like this: (beware, this list is case sensitive, GNOME is not the same as Gnome). KDE GNOME WindowMaker Enlightenment BlackBox XFce IceWM failsafe default IceWM > mandrake control center and click on users under system options ,it says > files /etc/ptmp and /etc/gtmp exist and it does not open users options. How > can i restore my system. Thx, > Ashutosh rm -f /etc/?tmp HTH Damian
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