KDM problem

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rikpotts

Beginner

Posts: 4

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 4:11pm

KDM problem

Ive got a LFS install on my comp and have installed KDE.
When I boot up I get a command line asking me to login. I normally logged in and ran startx.

Now I want it to boot straight into KDE.

Ive added stuff to the init files so that when I bootup it goes straight to KDM. The thing is when I log in KDE never manages to load completely. I have to go back to the command line (with the option in KDM) and login as root, startx and then end that session taking me back to the command line, logout then run KDM. Only now can I login as user and KDE will succesfully load up.

Does anyone know what is going on here. Something happens when I startx as root which then allows me to login as user via KDM.

Im really confused!

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "rikpotts" (Mar 21st 2006, 4:11pm)

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bram85

Professional

Posts: 948

Location: Eindhoven

Occupation: Software Engineer

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 9:22pm

RE: KDM problem

When you're in KDM with your user selected and open the menu, what session does it want to load? It should be a KDE 3.x (with x the minor version you've installed). Are the desktop files in $KDEDIR/share/apps/kdm/sessions correct, in particular the KDE desktop files?

Do you see any error message? Or are there useful error messages in ~/.xsession-errors ?

A lot of questions, I know

Bram Schoenmakers
KDE Netherlands (www.kde.nl)

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