On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 12:49:35PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > Greetings, > > I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver the > nVidia card hurdle and run > > apt-get install x-window-system > apt-get install gnome > apt-get install kde > > (trying to avoid restarting the gnome vs. kde flames :)) > > X starts fine using both GNOME and KDE, the login screen collects > password, I get the spalsh screen and it shows the first load step > (?), i.e. the icon the debian sqauare with the caption "Window > Manager" but it stops there, no additional loads happen. If I click on > the icon, the square disappers and I'm lef with the background. If I > kill X, kdm/gdm will restart it. If I leave it alone, the screen saver > kicks in. Seems to me that the window manager fails to load. Any > suggestions what I should check? TIA, >
Hi Aaron, Two possibilities come to mind. If you have a firewall setup that happens to be blocking loopback connections then the GUI will not load. Another one that happened to me had to do with a directory that had the wrong permissions and would only let me log in as root. Have you tried logging into KDE/Gnome as root? I forgot which directory it was. HTH, Jim Seymour -- I started using something better than the "standard" back when IBM advertised OS/2 Warp on TV. As Linux matured I made the transition from OS/2 v4 to Linux. You don't have to accept less than you deserve. "Use the Power of the Penguin" Registered Linux user #316735 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
