On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:37:46 +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Hi people, > This one's driving me crazy. I'm running Debian Etch 2.6.8-2-386 and > recently "upgraded" from xfree86 to xorg. Everything is fine except this > one problem. I can't start kde (my desktop of preference nor gnome nor xfce > from any display manager. Say I'm using gdm. I boot up and the gdm screen > comes on as usual and I login normally but instead of going into kde (or > gnome or xfce) an xterm opens. I can then enter (as me, not root) > "startkde" and everything is fine after that. I've read about similar > problems dating as far back as 2001 but none of the solutions I've tried > has helped. My .xsession-errors file gives me this: > > /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... > /etc/gdm/Xsession: Executing /usr/bin/startkde failed, will try to run > x-terminal-emulator > > which is not very helpful. It doesn't tell me WHY startkde failed. I've > checked in various /var/log's but nothing revealing has appeared. > > If I use kdm I get into an infinite loop. Selecting kde and logging in just > takes you right back to the login window and round and round we go. > Actually, it does tell you.. It is saying it can't find the startkde script in /usr/bin. At the command line type which startkde and it will tell you what directory it is located in.. My guess is maybe /opt/kde/bin or maybe some other 'not so usual' directory... then in /usr/share/xsessons, edit the kde.desktop file and change the 'exec' and 'try exec' lines to the correct path to your startkde script..
mr mike.. > Judging from looking at similar problems reported in various lists, > these symptoms can come from a variety of causes. Any help here would be > greatly appreciated. > Cheers, > Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
