Sent again to add: do not pay attention to gdm. It also came from updating/upgrading, because I never used gnome. However, it is not configured and as soon as the need to configure it is presented, it dies and I can enter my my username. startx then starts X11 and kde. From root it is just the same.
Hi Adam Thank you for the suggestion. However, from the list of files below reported I was unable to trace which process had launched kde. I opened kdeinit, klauncher, dcopserver, kded, kaccess, kicher, kgpg: all binary files. From xinit . /etc/X11/session I had already been unable to trace startkde. Any suggestion from the list below as to where to look ? Thanks again for your kind help francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps -eaf UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 14:41 ? 00:00:01 init [2] root 2 1 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 3 1 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [watchdog/0] root 4 1 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [events/0] root 5 1 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [khelper] root 6 1 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [kthread] root 8 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [kblockd/0] root 9 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [kacpid] root 109 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [pdflush] root 110 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [pdflush] root 112 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [aio/0] root 111 1 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [kswapd0] root 699 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [kseriod] root 873 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [khubd] root 1505 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 3277 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [reiserfs/0] root 3416 1 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 udevd --daemon root 3522 1 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [shpchpd_event] root 3679 6 0 14:41 ? 00:00:00 [kgameportd] root 5726 1 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 dhclient -e -pf /var/run/dhclien daemon 5744 1 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/portmap root 6069 1 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/syslogd root 6075 1 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/klogd root 6088 1 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/hpiod hplip 6091 1 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 python /usr/sbin/hpssd root 6123 1 0 14:42 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd 100 6148 1 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon-1 --system root 6159 1 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dirmngr --daemon --sh 102 6204 1 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m root 6230 1 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/inetd root 6250 1 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/xfs -daemon root 6355 1 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/Xprt -ac -pn -nolisten statd 6389 1 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/rpc.statd root 6406 1 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 6454 1 0 14:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 6477 1 0 14:43 tty1 00:00:00 /bin/login -- root 6478 1 0 14:43 tty2 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2 root 6479 1 0 14:43 tty3 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3 root 6480 1 0 14:43 tty4 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4 root 6481 1 0 14:43 tty5 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5 root 6482 1 0 14:43 tty6 00:00:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6 1001 6554 6477 0 14:45 tty1 00:00:00 -bash 1001 6565 6554 0 14:45 tty1 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx 1001 6581 6565 0 14:45 tty1 00:00:00 xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- root 6582 6581 1 14:45 tty7 00:00:05 /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -noliste 1001 6598 6581 0 14:45 tty1 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/x-session-manag 1001 6644 6598 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent x-session-man 1001 6673 1 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit Running... 1001 6676 1 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 dcopserver [kdeinit] --nosid 1001 6678 6673 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 klauncher [kdeinit] 1001 6680 1 0 14:45 ? 00:00:01 kded [kdeinit] 1001 6687 6673 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -n 1001 6689 1 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 kaccess [kdeinit] 1001 6690 6598 0 14:45 tty1 00:00:00 kwrapper ksmserver 1001 6692 1 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 ksmserver [kdeinit] 1001 6693 6673 0 14:45 ? 00:00:00 kwin [kdeinit] 1001 6697 1 0 14:46 ? 00:00:00 kdesktop [kdeinit] 1001 6699 1 0 14:46 ? 00:00:01 kicker [kdeinit] 1001 6702 1 0 14:46 ? 00:00:00 kgpg 1001 6703 6673 0 14:46 ? 00:00:00 kio_file [kdeinit] file /tmp/kso 1001 6704 1 0 14:46 ? 00:00:00 klipper [kdeinit] 1001 6708 1 0 14:46 ? 00:00:00 korgac --miniicon korganizer 1001 6709 1 0 14:46 ? 00:00:00 knotify [kdeinit] 1001 6723 1 2 14:46 ? 00:00:12 kontact 1001 6732 6673 0 14:46 ? 00:00:00 kio_file [kdeinit] file /tmp/kso 1001 6739 6673 4 14:51 ? 00:00:08 konqueror [kdeinit] --silent 1001 6740 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_file [kdeinit] file /tmp/kso 1001 6741 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_file [kdeinit] file /tmp/kso 1001 6742 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_file [kdeinit] file /tmp/kso 1001 6744 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6749 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6753 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6754 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6755 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6756 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6757 6673 0 14:51 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6782 6673 0 14:52 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6789 6673 0 14:52 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6797 6673 0 14:52 ? 00:00:00 kio_http [kdeinit] http /tmp/kso 1001 6923 6673 2 14:53 ? 00:00:00 konsole [kdeinit] 1001 6924 6923 0 14:53 pts/1 00:00:00 /bin/bash 1001 6951 6673 0 14:54 ? 00:00:00 kio_system [kdeinit] system /tmp 1001 6953 6673 0 14:54 ? 00:00:00 kio_system [kdeinit] system /tmp 1001 6954 6673 0 14:54 ? 00:00:00 kio_system [kdeinit] system /tmp 1001 6955 6673 0 14:54 ? 00:00:00 kio_system [kdeinit] system /tmp 1001 6956 6673 0 14:54 ? 00:00:00 kio_media [kdeinit] media /tmp/k 1001 6961 6673 0 14:54 ? 00:00:00 kio_media [kdeinit] media /tmp/k 1001 6962 6673 0 14:54 ? 00:00:00 kio_media [kdeinit] media /tmp/k 1001 6966 6673 0 14:54 ? 00:00:00 kio_trash [kdeinit] trash /tmp/k 1001 6967 6924 0 14:54 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -eaf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ___________________________ On Monday 29 May 2006 11:09, Adam Hardy wrote: > Francesco Pietra on 29/05/06 08:00, wrote: > > I though to broaden the audience in the hope to get advice. > > ___________ > > I forgot to mention that > > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > > just contains > > . /etc/X11/Xsession > > > > while /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc > > just contains > > exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp > > > > Combined with the information below, I do not understand where <startkde> > > is activated in order to prevent it being activated automatically. I > > normally need X and window manager twm or mwm and kde is now an > > irritating application. > > _________________________ > > > > > > Following update/upgrade of debian 32 testing/unstable, <startx> launches > > in rapid sequence X-system and kde. > > > > Because I normally use the X-system for special applications, how to > > avoid launching kde automatically? > > > > I was unable to trace the config files > > .xinitrc > > .xserverrc > > in my home directory. I thought to comment kde there. > > On my system, I have /usr/bin/startkde in my ~/.xinitrc. > > Just checked with 'ps -eaf' to see what process had launched startkde. > > hth > adam
