On Friday 14 May 2004 15:06, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Friday 14 May 2004 19:54, Ed Chadwick wrote: > > On Thursday 13 May 2004 15:24, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > On Thursday 13 May 2004 21:14, Ed Chadwick wrote: > > > > Thanks, but I already checked that, and it's set to 5 as it > > > > should be. > > > > > > > > Ed. > > > > > > > > On Thursday 13 May 2004 15:12, you wrote: > > > > > On Thursday 13 May 2004 20:47, Ed Chadwick wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > > > I've just upgraded from 9.2 to 10.0, and for the most > > > > > > part it went smoothly. The only trouble I'm having is > > > > > > with the display manager (kdm). i.e. The system boots up > > > > > > into a console, and I have to login and start X manually. > > > > > > I can't find where this is in the config to fix it. Any > > > > > > help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > A suggestion : > > > > > > > > > > su to root, open /etc/inittab in your preferred editor. > > > > > Somewhere in this file you'll find a stanza like : > > > > > > > > > > id:3:initdefault: > > > > > > > > > > Change 3 to 5, save, exit and reboot. > > > > > > Well, have you tried the K menu : System --> Configure Your > > > Computer --> System --> Display Manager ? > > > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > > > > > And Ed, please remove your "reply to" setting in your mailer, > > > otherwise replies don't get to the list. And please use > > > bottom-posting (seems I'm the list nazi today :-)). > > > > Thanks again Kaj. I looked for this in the menus but couldn't > > find it. The closest I have is System --> Configuration --> KDE > > --> System --> Login Manager, which appears to be set up > > correctly. > > > > I did get in a bit of a tangle with KDE during the upgrade > > though. I had KDE3.1 with Mandrake 9.2 previously, but I failed > > to remove KDE before the upgrade, which I should have done > > apparently. So after the upgrade I had both KDE3.1 and 3.2 stuff. > > I then removed everything to do with KDE (urpme -a kde) and > > reinstalled only the 3.2 apps. Is there something else I should > > have done to clean up the mess? > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Ed. > > Hmm... Ed, maybe your situation stems from the "upgrade". When I > shuffled the 10.0CE into my previous 9.2 system I chose "install". > But opted not to format my /home partition. I think this is the > 2.nd safest route next to doing a complete wipe of the hard disk. I > still have some dot-files left over from 9.2 causing weird things > in 10.0, but nothing serious. > > Funny thing is, however, I'm absolutely sure that in 9.2 one can > change display managers as well. So you "should" have the option > preserved in 10.0. > > And about urpme -a kde : I don't think that's necessary. When > something in KDE goes south beyond recovery, it's an easy thing > just to remove your entire .kde directory. That way, the next time > you log into KDE, it will use the default configurations. No big > deal. > > My last idea : have you installed all the updates to 10.0 ? > > If that doesn't work, someone wiser than me : step in, please. > > Kaj Haulrich.
Problem is solved now. For some reason, the Control Centre wasn't included in the default installation. Thanks, Ed Chadwick. -- Edward K.J. Chadwick PhD. Department of Biomedical Engineering Wickenden Building 404 Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, OH 44106-7207 USA phone: +1 216 368 0400 fax: +1 216 368 4872 mobile: +1 216 235 8239 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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