-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 09 August 2004 11:50:11, Julie Sloan wrote: <whack> > > That was my fault. When I install a system one of the first things > > I do is change the display manager from mdkkdm to kdm. > > don't tell me how - maybe I'll find it on my own :) (like I don't > have enough "finding" to do already LOL)
I'll tell you anyway Julie. <g> Mandrake Control Centre System. The traffic light is the configuration tool for the display manager. WARNING!!! If you change it you'll be kicked to the new log-in screen and have to log back in. Don't say I didn't... WARNING!!! > Great! thanks. wish I'd known about startx a month ago. :P > I found myself there and since I had never SET a pw I panicked & > reinstalled. And the installation discs wouldn't work the second > time (wonder what thatwas about?) So I had to wait for new discs. > Blah blah blah ancient history. On to newer and better problems... Problems are nothing more than opportunities for personal growth Julie. I'm sure you've learnt that. > > It's difficult to know what terminology to use sometimes. I > > apologize. > > no need I was apologizing not for what may have come across as impatience that time, but in advance if I ever actually do display impatience. To you or anyone else. OK? > okay, here's: > > # kdeinit > QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used > QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used > QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used > QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used > kbuildsycoca running... So obviously something is wonky in the KDE system on that machine. Read Stephen's replies again and ask questions. Someone knowledgeable around here will likely help get you back to "normal." What's normal? (-; > > You seem to have either lost contact with the part of the display > > that manages the file management system or lost the connection > > that it's running on or lost permissions on those directories you > > are having trouble accessing. Did you do anything with any files > > or 'folders' in your user's space while running as super user? > > it's possible but not likely. I look in var logs to find out? Find a hidden file in your /home directory called xsessionerrors. If you can read it you may learn what went boom. Since you can't seem to do anything in KDE at the moment you may have to open it with nautilus or midnight commander or...? emacs or vi maybe? > > through you. But if I say you need to be in SU mode to run a > > command successfully it's because I know that method works. > > okay okay lesson learned. Don't be mad at me. :) Never. I don't get mad often. Just even. lol > thanks for your help. Right now I'm in command-line culture-shock, > but luckily I don't have a deadline to get comfortable with it. > > J I wish I'd been of some help Julie. You're welcome anyway. For that culture shock I recommend intensive therapy, starting here: http://www.onlamp.com/linux/cmd/ A directory of Linux commands taken from the book Linux in a Nutshell. It's something I think should be required reading for anyone that grew up with Windows. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Beta 1) for i586 kernel 2.6.8-0.rc2.2mdk 13:21:37 up 4 days, 2:15, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.13, 0.15 Every program is a part of some other program, and rarely fits. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBF9G5ZqvqlrLPr5YRAmdtAKCHXYW2PJLB3cmQC6dz/17CzwTjlgCgmyaX QlWUsaS9i6LulEI0d+hPa0o= =+yie -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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