On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 21:53 +0100, Ken Heard wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a newly reinstalled Etch plus KDE in a dual core desktop. After > the installation was finished I was able to reboot and log in using kdm. > > The next morning, when I turned on the computer, I only got as far as > the kdm login manager. When I entered my user ID and password there is > effectively no response. After a few minutes garbage appeared on the > monitor. As after about 30 seconds the HDD light became continuously > on; I consequently suspected that the machine ended up thrashing. >
Maybe the disk is old and getting corrupted. Do a 'fsck' to see if you disk is still ok. Try to reinstall kdm login (or kde as a whole). Best, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
