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I think I messed up something in my linux box.
I chose another windows manager from the kde start menu and now when I reboot, KDE doesn't start, a message ...
- 11-22-2005 #1Just Joined!
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KDE won't start
I think I messed up something in my linux box.
I chose another windows manager from the kde start menu and now when I reboot, KDE doesn't start, a message says XDM is not my default display manager. How can I fix this?
The system boots but I am stuck with the console....
I am on a Kanotix Debian.
Please someone help me....
Thanks
- 11-22-2005 #2Just Joined!
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This is what I get when KDE is supposed to start:
Starting K Display Manager: kdm
Not starting X display manager (xdm); it is not the default display manager.
After this KDE don't start anymore....
- 11-23-2005 #3Linux Engineer
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Just start it manually:
echo startkde>~/.xinitrc
startx
Causes less trouble than a display manager.
- 11-23-2005 #4Just Joined!
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I tried what you suggest but I get the following errors:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(EE) No core pointer device specified
(EE) Unable to deetermine the screen layout
(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
Fatal server error:
No screen found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash etc etc............
XIO: Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X-server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
- 11-23-2005 #5Linux Engineer
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Post your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.
- 11-24-2005 #6Just Joined!
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Thank you very much for your help.
I have solved the problem overwriting the XF86Config-4 file with the old one.
Now everything works again as usual.
Thank you so much again for your help !!!


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