kde not loading??

ssl6 · 2008-08-01 02:23:08

well, i just did my clean install of arch on my laptop. i installed kdemod 4, and added the daemons to rc.conf, hal fam kdm, and after it loads kdm, my system goes to a black screen with a cursor flashing in the corner, can't do anything with it

ideas? help? something?

mcmillan · 2008-08-01 02:57:54

This might be a little obvious, but did you install the xorg packages and configure X?

They're not technically a dependency of the gui but you're not going to have KDE or any other desktop without having X. If you've already configured X you might try seeing what it says in /var/log/Xorg.0.log

ssl6 · 2008-08-01 10:34:10

i did run xorg configure last night thinking that might be the issue.

i'll try the other method, or using the nvidia config tool. but i think i had issues using the nvidia one last time i set it up, thats why i didn't go near it

vertimyst · 2008-08-14 00:54:42

You're not getting a terminal? I just ran an update, and now that's all I get. KDE doesn't start at all, and on shutdown I get an error about fam not being found in /etc/rc.d, or something. Probably not related at all, though.

And dude, you're from Kemptville? I live near there.

ssl6 · 2008-08-14 22:12:11

lol, well i don't know what that issue ended up being. but i ended up just doing a clean install, then i had issues with keyboard and mouse not working at the login screen, i was missing some input packages so that got fixed. its running sweet now anyway

how close to kemptville are you anyway?

vertimyst · 2008-08-15 17:50:33

Geh, lucky, no way I'm doing a clean install, I've been using this install for too long for that to be preferrable.

And I live about 10 minutes' driving time from there, I think.

ssl6 · 2008-08-15 19:43:28

ya, well, i had this issue on my laptop. its just a wardriving system, anything i needed off it was backed up to my desktop anyway

you go to school in kemptville or something? would you recognize a blue turbo tercel, or a white supercharged MR2? if you see either of those, thats me driving around

vertimyst · 2008-08-15 19:52:43

Nope, I don't go to school there, but I doubt I'd miss those, they sound like they'd stand out around here.

Anyway, we shouldn't turn this into a conversation thread, going off-topic and all.

Last edited by vertimyst (2008-08-15 19:53:25)

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