Surak

Hey linux forums
i just installed arch on an acer aspire on, it all went just fine until now. When you try to log into kmod 3 it just hangs at the system services bit. It suddenly, just, dosent work. any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Jonathan183

Have you managed to run kdemod3 on this machine before? have you managed to run an X session without freezing? are you running hal? have you installed graphics drivers? are you running kdm3 ... do you get the same problem with terminal login and startx?

Surak

I am running hal, my graphics are installed, and every other DE / only x i try works perfectly, i use kdm3 login manager. same problem with startx.

Jonathan183

Have you tried rename of .kde and check if kde will start?
Have you had kdemod3 working with the current install?

Surak

I renamed .kde, still didnt work, and yes, KDEmod3 did used to work on this install. I can't see why it would just fail.

Jonathan183

Do you get any useful information when you startx from a terminal ?
After that I would probably modify ~/.xinitrc and put
and comment out
and see what services are running ...
The default splash ... KDEmod-Fancy throws an error on startup for me at present but does not lock the system ... selecting another splash (like KDEmod) gets rid of the error ...

I guess you have already been through this sort of process & searched for similar issues from others already ...

modifying /opt/kde/bin/startkde is probably not a great idea

Surak

For some reason, after i did the /konq thing, it worked, i dont know why, Thanks for your help!