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Cippa Lippa

Member

From: Toronto, ON

Registered: 2007-04-12

Posts: 159

can't boot into kde after update!!! help

Hi all

I know this is going to get many people put their hands in their hair

I have updated kdemod to the kdemod-legacy repositories installing kdemod-base + some other stuff

somehow I must have missed the reinstallation of kdm

this means that now, while I can boot I can't get into kde and this means that I can't get into the internet to download and install kdm

I have a dhcp connection but it doesn't connect by itself at reboot. any way to get it to work?

sorry for bothering you guys

cheers

Cippa

Raftysworld

Member

Registered: 2008-09-03

Posts: 10

Re: can't boot into kde after update!!! help

So I assume you can login to the console, correct?  Try this command

dhcpcd eth0 (if its ethernet) or
dhcpcd wlan0 (if its wireless)

then try a ping -c 3 google.com to see if you have a connection.  From there, you can install kdm and be on your way!

dante4d

Member

From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2007-04-14

Posts: 176

Re: can't boot into kde after update!!! help

this means that now, while I can boot I can't get into kde and this means that I can't get into the internet to download and install kdm

You can get into X simply by doing

$ startx

from console, provided you have right command in ~/.xinitrc file. For kde, you need exec startkde there. Default .xinitrc:

#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# exec icewm
# exec openbox
# exec blackbox
# exec fluxbox
# exec ratpoison
# exec dwm
# ... or any other WM of your choosing ...

sou you just need to uncomment (remove # from that line) exec startkde with some text editor like vi/vim or nano.

aantipop

Member

Registered: 2008-02-15

Posts: 46

Re: can't boot into kde after update!!! help

when you launched kdm via rc.conf (daemon) then you need to change "kdm" to "kdm3"

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