Lanman wrote:
I tried this, however, it wouldn't let me into Gnome or KDE even though they were in the list. When I restarted the PC, I was given a choice at the graphical login, however it wouldn't let me login there. Kept refusing, even when trying to login as Root.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
Get your hands on the "Xtart" RPM, and install it. That will give you a console-based menu of your desktop systems, and from there you can pick whichever one you want Craig.
Before you do this, you can boot into a console by pressing "Shift and I" - that is, hold down the shift key and press the letter I (eye) before going past the interactive boot process.
You'll be given the option to start all the normal services one at a time. Make sure that you don't start the "dm" service, because that's the one that's launching your log-in screen.
Once you're at the console, "urpmi Xtart", and after installation, run it from the prompt. You'll see the list of desktops you can launch.
HTH
Lanman
I have since reinstalled Mandrake Community and ran all the updates again, the same thing happened so I think something in the updates doesn't like my hardware.
I have reinstalled again, but not run any updates for KDE, Gnome or XFree86 yet, as I'm not sure which ones are breaking my desktop.
I have the following hardware:
Intel pentium 4 2.8e processor
Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-G motherboard
Powercolor Radeon 9600XT Graphics Card (picked up by Linux as a Radeon 9600XT AR (AGP))
AOC LM520i 15" LCD Monitor (picked up by Linux as a standard 1024x768 flatscreen with 16 million colours)
Is there something I need to change?
Regards,
Craig
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