Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
I don't believe you answered the question:- Possibly you don't have kde available as an option in the dropdown list , and that is your real problem ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
M.A.Bell wrote: mike wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: Greetings. I've had this problem for a couple of months and had hoped that installing 9.2 would fix it, but it didn't. After I boot up, I see a terminal window on a blue screen. When I enter startkde, it does. How can I get my system to do this automagically? Mike, I ran drakboot and, as I expected, the launch graphical... box was already checked. So that's not the problem. So you get to the login window, and you select a user, give password(if required) and then from the dropdown list select kde and that should launch a kde desktop.Once kde has been selected once it adopts it as default until you change it again.Possibly you don't have kde available as an option in the dropdown list , and that is your real problem ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
mike wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: mike wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: Greetings. I've had this problem for a couple of months and had hoped that installing 9.2 would fix it, but it didn't. After I boot up, I see a terminal window on a blue screen. When I enter startkde, it does. How can I get my system to do this automagically? Start kde then open a terminal window type su then enter root password when prompted.Then type drakboot It will give a menu and just check the box next to (launch the graphical enviroment when system starts) then click ok. Mike, I ran drakboot and, as I expected, the launch graphical... box was already checked. So that's not the problem. In a terminal window type cat /etc/inittab without quotes. And see what the line below the runlevels says, It will look like this below. id:3:initdefault: mine is set to runlevel 3 which boots to console id:5:initdefault: this would boot to graphical login see what yours says and if it says? mine says id:5:initdefault: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
John Richard Smith wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: mike wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: Greetings. I've had this problem for a couple of months and had hoped that installing 9.2 would fix it, but it didn't. After I boot up, I see a terminal window on a blue screen. When I enter startkde, it does. How can I get my system to do this automagically? Mike, I ran drakboot and, as I expected, the launch graphical... box was already checked. So that's not the problem. So you get to the login window, and you select a user, give password(if required) and then from the dropdown list select kde and that should launch a kde desktop.Once kde has been selected once it adopts it as default until you change it again.Possibly you don't have kde available as an option in the dropdown list , and that is your real problem ? John No, I don't get to the login window. I get a terminal window with the user already logged in (no interaction on my part). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
Tony S. Sykes wrote: What is your hardware? If you have a nvidia geforce4 have you installed the drivers? Tony. -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually? M.A.Bell wrote: mike wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: Greetings. I've had this problem for a couple of months and had hoped that installing 9.2 would fix it, but it didn't. After I boot up, I see a terminal window on a blue screen. When I enter startkde, it does. How can I get my system to do this automagically? Mike, I ran drakboot and, as I expected, the launch graphical... box was already checked. So that's not the problem. So you get to the login window, and you select a user, give password(if required) and then from the dropdown list select kde and that should launch a kde desktop.Once kde has been selected once it adopts it as default until you change it again.Possibly you don't have kde available as an option in the dropdown list , and that is your real problem ? John It's an ATI Radeon 8500. I believe the drivers are properly installed. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Tuesday 04 November 2003 08:04 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: What is your hardware? If you have a nvidia geforce4 have you installed the drivers? Tony. I don't believe that's the problem. I have a GeF4 and it works out of the box with the Xfree86 'nv' driver. No need to install any drivers. OTOH, there's no tellin what kind of bugs installin the proprietary nVidia driver can cause. -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually? M.A.Bell wrote: mike wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: Greetings. I've had this problem for a couple of months and had hoped that installing 9.2 would fix it, but it didn't. After I boot up, I see a terminal window on a blue screen. When I enter startkde, it does. How can I get my system to do this automagically? Mike, I ran drakboot and, as I expected, the launch graphical... box was already checked. So that's not the problem. So you get to the login window, and you select a user, give password(if required) and then from the dropdown list select kde and that should launch a kde desktop.Once kde has been selected once it adopts it as default until you change it again.Possibly you don't have kde available as an option in the dropdown list , and that is your real problem ? John I had the problem quite a while ago that Mike describes. In my case it was a corrupted /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file. Mike, if you want I can email you (send me a request off list) my kdmrc file. You won't be able to use it as is, other than to compare it to yours. You might also look in /usr/share/config/kdm/ and see if you don't already have a backup, probly with a rpm.new or rpm.save extension. I tried just about everything I found different in your kdmrc, but nothing fixed the problem. Now I get the login dialog and, regardless of which user and/or desktop I choose, after about 10 secs the dialog box sort of wiggles, and the password field is cleared. I.E. I can't login. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 06:44 pm, M.A.Bell wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: On Tuesday 04 November 2003 08:04 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: What is your hardware? If you have a nvidia geforce4 have you installed the drivers? Tony. I don't believe that's the problem. I have a GeF4 and it works out of the box with the Xfree86 'nv' driver. No need to install any drivers. OTOH, there's no tellin what kind of bugs installin the proprietary nVidia driver can cause. -Original Message- From: John Richard Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually? M.A.Bell wrote: mike wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: Greetings. I've had this problem for a couple of months and had hoped that installing 9.2 would fix it, but it didn't. After I boot up, I see a terminal window on a blue screen. When I enter startkde, it does. How can I get my system to do this automagically? I tried just about everything I found different in your kdmrc, but nothing fixed the problem. Now I get the login dialog and, regardless of which user and/or desktop I choose, after about 10 secs the dialog box sort of wiggles, and the password field is cleared. I.E. I can't login. The dialog box wiggle means you gave it the wrong password, it is shaking its head no. You may have to change your password.HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
M.A.Bell wrote: Greetings. I've had this problem for a couple of months and had hoped that installing 9.2 would fix it, but it didn't. After I boot up, I see a terminal window on a blue screen. When I enter startkde, it does. How can I get my system to do this automagically? Start kde then open a terminal window type su then enter root password when prompted.Then type drakboot It will give a menu and just check the box next to (launch the graphical enviroment when system starts) then click ok. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
mike wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: Greetings. I've had this problem for a couple of months and had hoped that installing 9.2 would fix it, but it didn't. After I boot up, I see a terminal window on a blue screen. When I enter startkde, it does. How can I get my system to do this automagically? Start kde then open a terminal window type su then enter root password when prompted.Then type drakboot It will give a menu and just check the box next to (launch the graphical enviroment when system starts) then click ok. Mike Mike, I ran drakboot and, as I expected, the launch graphical... box was already checked. So that's not the problem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Why do I have to start KDE manually?
M.A.Bell wrote: mike wrote: M.A.Bell wrote: Greetings. I've had this problem for a couple of months and had hoped that installing 9.2 would fix it, but it didn't. After I boot up, I see a terminal window on a blue screen. When I enter startkde, it does. How can I get my system to do this automagically? Start kde then open a terminal window type su then enter root password when prompted.Then type drakboot It will give a menu and just check the box next to (launch the graphical enviroment when system starts) then click ok. Mike, I ran drakboot and, as I expected, the launch graphical... box was already checked. So that's not the problem. In a terminal window type cat /etc/inittab without quotes. And see what the line below the runlevels says, It will look like this below. id:3:initdefault: mine is set to runlevel 3 which boots to console id:5:initdefault: this would boot to graphical login see what yours says and if it says? -- Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
