Re: Gnome, KDE won't Open

2004-08-13 Thread Peter
Thanks Ray! I just solved the problem. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Might this be a memory (or swap partition) problem? What does "free" report > about memory and swap usage just before you try to start Gnome or KDE? Are > you able to use swap successfully in other ways? The bloke in the computer

Re: Gnome, KDE won't Open

2004-08-13 Thread Ray Olszewski
Peter -- I don't have your first message here to refer back to, so let me first summarize what I believe your problem report is, in case I am misinterpreting, or misremembering, something of consequence. When your system used a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse, you were able to startx and xdm/gdm i

Re: Gnome, KDE won't Open

2004-08-13 Thread Peter
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Peter wrote: >> Hi, >> >> RedHat 9.1, Kernel 2.2.20-20, 118 KRAM, 435 K swap should read Kernel 2.4.20-20 >> >> On my motherboard the connection for the keyboard died for which reason I >> could no longer boot. >The reason for it dying may also be important here, possibly

Re: Gnome, KDE won't Open

2004-08-11 Thread pa3gcu
On Thursday 12 August 2004 08:05, Peter wrote: > Has this strange behavior anything to do with this USB connection of the > kb/mouse and what would be needed then to correct it or is it just a > coincidence meaning further trouble? I would imagen it has everything to do with the problem, you would

Gnome, KDE won't Open

2004-08-11 Thread Peter
Hi, RedHat 9.1, Kernel 2.2.20-20, 118 KRAM, 435 K swap On my motherboard the connection for the keyboard died for which reason I could no longer boot. I bought a USB adopter, connected keyboard and mouse to it and I could boot again with kb and mouse working properly. However, now I cannot st