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kandalf

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 31

KDE Login as normal user

Hi guys, I'm starting with a brand new ArchLinux box, I've installed the base system and then, xorg-server and kde stuff.
Everything went just fine until I tried to get into KDE as a normal user. When I try to log in from KDM, the screen resets and KDM ask for my password again. If I log in as root, KDE session starts.

Any clues?

Thanx a lot in advance.

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tafsen

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Registered: 2006-05-03

Posts: 141

Re: KDE Login as normal user

I have the same problem after I updated my system yesterday.

tafsen

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Registered: 2006-05-03

Posts: 141

Re: KDE Login as normal user

I found my problem.  $home/.xinitrc
It was told to start wmaker, and not kde.  Just check that file and se what it says.

kandalf

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 31

Re: KDE Login as normal user

Hi, my ~/.xinitrc says to start KDE

#!/bin/sh

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

exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# exec icewm
# exec blackbox
# exec fluxbox

But the problem isn't solved. Might be some permissions problem? What files permissions should I look for?

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skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: KDE Login as normal user

It may be permission problems with your users home directory. I seem to remember that KDE will fail if it can't update it's config files in /home/<user_name>/.kde.

Last edited by skottish (2007-06-11 02:50:06)

kandalf

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 31

Re: KDE Login as normal user

Sorry, my ~/.kde is owned by the user I try to login with.
This is how it looks:
[root@dwarf ~]# ll -a /home/leonardo/
total 48K
drwx--x--x 4 leonardo users 4.0K Jun 10 15:21 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root     root  4.0K Jun 10 00:01 ..
-rw------- 1 leonardo users    0 Jun 10 15:14 .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 leonardo users  324 Jun 10 14:15 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 leonardo users   16 Jun 10 00:01 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 leonardo users  253 Jun 10 01:17 .bashrc
-rw------- 1 leonardo users   26 Jun 10 03:00 .dmrc
drwx------ 3 leonardo users 4.0K Jun 10 03:00 .gnupg
drwx------ 3 leonardo users 4.0K Jun 10 03:00 .kde
-rw------- 1 leonardo users 2.7K Jun 10 15:13 .viminfo
-rwxr-xr-x 1 leonardo users  164 Jun 10 15:18 .xinitrc
-rw------- 1 leonardo users  578 Jun 10 15:14 .xsession-errors

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skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: KDE Login as normal user

I read a couple of things you can try here. Either rename or delete your .kde directory and try to log in again, or empty out your /tmp directory.

kandalf

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 31

Re: KDE Login as normal user

Hi and thank you all, I found the problem, it was the /tmp directory. I didn't have write permissions there, then KDE couldn't create tmp directory.
I change the permissions and the problem is solved now.

Thanx a lot to all.
Cheers.

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