On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 20:13:14 -0500 Aaron Stromas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 1/3/06, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 06:06:42PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > > > On 1/2/06, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 12:49:35PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > > > I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver > > the > > > > > nVidia card hurdle and run > > > > > > > > > > apt-get install x-window-system > > > > > apt-get install gnome > > > > > apt-get install kde > > > > > > > > > > (trying to avoid restarting the gnome vs. kde flames :)) > > > > > > > > > > X starts fine using both GNOME and KDE, the login screen collects > > > > > password, I get the spalsh screen and it shows the first load step > > > > > (?), i.e. the icon the debian sqauare with the caption "Window > > > > > Manager" but it stops there, no additional loads happen. If I click > > on > > > > > the icon, the square disappers and I'm lef with the background. If I > > > > > kill X, kdm/gdm will restart it. If I leave it alone, the screen > > saver > > > > > kicks in. Seems to me that the window manager fails to load. Any > > > > > suggestions what I should check? TIA, > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > > > > > Two possibilities come to mind. If you have a firewall setup that > > > > happens to be blocking loopback connections then the GUI will not > > load. > > > > Another one that happened to me had to do with a directory that had > > the > > > > wrong permissions and would only let me log in as root. Have you tried > > > > logging into KDE/Gnome as root? I forgot which directory it was. might be /tmp chmod +t /tmp solved a similar problem for me a few months back. > > > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > > > There might be something to it. I did not install any firewalls, as my > > > router only NATs a few essential ports. I can't login to GUI, as GUI > > > login disabled by default, so I don' think it's a good test, is it? > > > Which port on the loopback server should I test? Any idea? > > > > > > > Not sure Aaron. I did find this item in the Debian-user archive. I don't > > think it is the answer to your issue though. Worth a read just as > > well:-) > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2000/05/msg03680.html > > > Read it. It's not :) I forgot to mention that even before I installed > display manager and just used startx it hang in the same way. I suspect the > window manager fails to start but can't see why and where to look for clues. anything pertinent in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/gdm/0:log A > > -a > > Later, > > > > Jim Seymour > > > > -- > > I started using something better than the "standard" back when IBM > > advertised OS/2 Warp on TV. As Linux matured I made the transition from > > OS/2 v4 to Linux. You don't have to accept less than you deserve. "Use > > the Power of the Penguin" Registered Linux user #316735 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
