Derek Jennings wrote:
On Wednesday 07 Jul 2004 12:26, cbowyer wrote:
Hi guys,
I've just updated KDE and crashed it (it seems to be missing something
when running - I might have missed something when upgrading KDE). When
I start up it tries to run KDE and can't find certain files/folders
then drops me back to the command line where I can login normally.
I'm using Mandrake 10 Community and have it set to auto-login with KDE
as default desktop manager. I used the Cooker URPM servers to upgrade
KDE to version 3.2.3.
Can someone advise me how to get into gnome (or another desktop manager)
from the command line or how to edit the startup file to stop
automatically defaulting to KDE and choose another desktop manager?
Regards,
Craig
startx icewm
for example will start IceWM (assuming it is installed)
If it is not installed log in at the command line as root and
urpmi icewm
to install it.
Did this and ended up in Icewm OK, then went to remove KDE & Gnome from
RPMDrake. After removing all rpm's for kde and gnome and reinstalling
them, still getting same problem, except now I can also use the startx
kde and startx gnome commands, the only problem is they go to Icewm not
KDE or Gnome.
Deleting your ~/.kde directory may enable you to log into KDE again
Tried deleting the .kde directory, it still did not work. It tries to
start it up but blanks out then returns to the prompt.
derek
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I've since reinstalled Mandrake from scratch and updated everything that
was updatable. It again crashed KDE. Seems there is an incompatibility
with my PC or the way I am updating. I've left KDE and Gnome without any
updates for the moment - I'm afraid of breaking something again, and I
only seem to find out after a reboot.
Regards,
Craig
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