X11 Sessions in Slackware with KDE

[xtc1980]

Hello,

I have recently tried to get my slackware box into init 4 so that I could login directly to xwindows. when i put in my details though it just comes back to the login prompt no matter what i do.

There are no error messages in any of the log files either. Any advice would be great.

Thanks

[UgoDeschamps]

init 4? for a gui interface (X in the occurence), the init is 5.

[xtc1980]

That maybe the case normally but here is from the /etc/inittab in slackware-current.

# These are the default runlevels in Slackware:
# 0 = halt
# 1 = single user mode
# 2 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
# 3 = multiuser mode (default Slackware runlevel)
# 4 = X11 with KDM/GDM/XDM (session managers)
# 5 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
# 6 = reboot


looks like 4 = X11.for slackware.

[loft306]

init 4? for a gui interface (X in the occurence), the init is 5.

on some distro's it is 'init 5' and on some it is 'init 4'

to get it to boot to 'X' you will need to edit your inittab to set the default runlevel
here is mine i boot to console(vt) then i xinit

• # Default runlevel.
  id:3:initdefault:

if you change it to

• # Default runlevel.
  id:4:initdefault:

it should work

also i dont know where you do it in slack but in gentoo in /etc/rc.conf we put the
DISPLAYMANAGER="whatever u want to use" xdm kdm gdm and a few others
XSESSION="kde" or gnome or whatever wm you want to use

[UgoDeschamps]

init 4? for a gui interface (X in the occurence), the init is 5.

on some distro's it is 'init 5' and on some it is 'init 4'

to get it to boot to 'X' you will need to edit your inittab to set the default runlevel
here is mine i boot to console(vt then xinit)

• # Default runlevel.
  id:3:initdefault:

if you change it to

• # Default runlevel.
  id:4:initdefault:

it should work

Oops my bad...
Gotta love standars!!!

[adrenaline]

Just a suggestion. I always boot mine into runlevel 3 because if you log into runlever 4/5 and have to change monitors or go to a friends house and connect to his monitor and your specs don't work there is nothing you can do to fix it you are usually stuck in a black screen or an unreadable screen. If you boot into runlevel 3 and x doesn't work it will default back to a usable shell so you can edit xorg. for the new screen. I know it is an extra step during normal logins but it does save you from not being able to login at all.
Just a learning issue I have had to deal with.

[mortre]

If you mess up your monitor settings, you can usually hit ctrl+alt+f6 to drop you into a terminal. Not sure how far into the x session you have to get to get that to work, but I was able to fix my xorg.conf file like that after I messed up the vert/horz refresh rates on my monitor.

And I think changing your default xsession varies alot... you can set your default with xwmconfig from the terminal(Slack), but that doesnt work if your boot into init4. I had to edit the $HOME/.dmrc file to say Session=kde. But that is with the gdm graphical login. I am sure its prolly different if you use the kdm graphical login