On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 18:21 -0700, Scott wrote: > Chris wrote: > > On Monday 23 January 2006 15:41, Scott wrote: > >> Christof Hurschler wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I'm having trouble getting my xserver to run on an unstable machine which > >> > I just upgraded. kdm runs, pauses on login and returns without entering > >> > any desktop (KDE or otherwise). > >> > >> I'm glad it's not just me. I've been having this problem for a few > >> months now, ever since upgrading to KDE 3.5. I first experienced the > >> problem on Ubuntu Breezy, then on Ubuntu Dapper and now on Debian Sid. > >> > >> I've since given up on using KDM and use GDM instead. > > > > I will go and try that, although I'm not to optimistic that is where the > > problem lies. > > I never really stated what the problem is (as I don't know). :-) > > I just stated that in my case, it cropped up when I upgraded to KDE 3.5. > > It also happened after I installed a system from scratch with KDE 3.5 > > > And I don't really want to use GDM. > > There's always XDM. I use both KDE and GNOME so GDM seemed a logical > choice. > > I had the same problem with gnome upon upgrading from stable to testing.
Here is something simple to try: Create a new user and login as that user using XDM This worked for me, leading me to believe the problem could be located in one or more of the dot files eg .gnome .kde or whatever Give it a try! Thanks, Martin OConnor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
