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Hi, yesterday I installed kdemod to try it out, but I preferred the normal kde from extra repo.
I followed the steps from the chakra-project.
I do this from time to time to check what kdemod is evolving to.
The problem is that after reinstalling kde from Extra, kdm won't work...
I use the inittab method.
I had to download xfce4 and run startxfce4 to get a graphical environment.
Any ideas? Please, ask for more information, if there's something i'm missing.
When I run startx, it complains about .Xauthority file in my home folder...
Thanks in advance
Last edited by swiftscythe (2010-01-12 15:28:58)
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How do you normally start X? Have you tried the rc.conf method? What does /var/log/kdm.log say?
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Hi!, thanks for the response
I normally startx automatically. I configured the inittab to do so. And had no problems until today
Here's the kdm.log
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/488112/kdm.log
Hope it helps.
Thanks again
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It's very strange, because I installed gdm and it works too, I only have problems with kdm...
"startxfce4" and "sudo gdm" works, but not "startkde", nor "sudo kdm"
I have no idea about what's going on...
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I have "almost" solved it
I renamed the kdm config files from /usr/share/config, and now kdm starts!!
There's still one problem. When i set my user and password, instead of showing the ksplash animation, it shows a terminal, in which i have to write 'startkde', to get it started, and that console window keeps opened during my kde session. Obviously, if i close it, kdm restarts.
How can move back to a normal behaviour??
Thanks in advance
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Here is a subtract of my /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file :
# The program which is run as the user which logs in. It is supposed to
# interpret the session argument (see SessionsDirs) and start an appropriate
# session according to it. Subject to word splitting.
# Default is "/usr/bin/xterm -ls -T"
Session=/usr/share/config/kdm/Xsession
As you renamed the config file, everything is default for you.
So kdm launched a xterm.
Can you post the result of :
grep -v ^# /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
replace kdmrc with your renamed file.
It seems there is a problem in that file.
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Thanks for the response (I renamed the whole folder)
Here's the output:
[General]
ConfigVersion=2.4
ConsoleTTYs=tty1,tty2,tty3,tty4,tty5,tty6
PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid
ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3
ServerVTs=-7
StaticServers=:0
[Shutdown]
BootManager=None
HaltCmd=/sbin/halt
RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot
[X-*-Core]
AllowNullPasswd=false
AllowRootLogin=false
AllowShutdown=Root
AutoReLogin=false
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%d
Reset=/usr/share/config/kdm/Xreset
Session=/usr/share/config/kdm/Xsession
SessionsDirs=/usr/share/config/kdm/sessions,/usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions
Setup=/usr/share/config/kdm/Xsetup
Startup=/usr/share/config/kdm/Xstartup
[X-*-Greeter]
AntiAliasing=false
ColorScheme=Oxygen
FaceSource=AdminOnly
FailFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0
ForgingSeed=1259447680
GUIStyle=Oxygen
GreetFont=Serif,20,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
GreetString=Welcome to %s at %n
GreeterPos=50,50
HiddenUsers=
Language=en_US
LogoArea=Logo
LogoPixmap=/usr/share/apps/kdm/pics/kdelogo.png
MaxShowUID=65000
MinShowUID=500
Preloader=/usr/bin/preloadkde
SelectedUsers=
ShowUsers=NotHidden
SortUsers=true
StdFont=Sans Serif,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
Theme=/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/oxygen
UseBackground=true
UseTheme=true
UserCompletion=false
UserList=true
[X-:*-Core]
AllowNullPasswd=true
AllowShutdown=All
NoPassEnable=false
NoPassUsers=
ServerArgsLocal=-nolisten tcp
ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X
[X-:*-Greeter]
AllowClose=false
DefaultUser=swiftscythe
FocusPasswd=true
LoginMode=DefaultLocal
PreselectUser=Default
[X-:0-Core]
AutoLoginEnable=false
AutoLoginLocked=false
AutoLoginUser=
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors
[Xdmcp]
Enable=false
Willing=/usr/share/config/kdm/Xwilling
Last edited by swiftscythe (2010-01-12 17:48:09)
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I don't know what happened, but I finally managed to solve it by running:
sudo pacman -Rsn kde
And then installed kde again.
Thanks for your support
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Have you checked permissions on the .Xauthority file? I have had the persmissions change on me once, all i did was chmod 777 the file and i was able to get back into KDM.
Last edited by Snakeye (2010-01-12 20:09:32)
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Thanks, Snakeye, yes I did try so, exactly the same, but nothing...
Thanks anyway
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