I tried run level 4 -- to give the graphic login a go -- and have a
problem that I can't seem to locate.

Logging in as root and selecting a KDE session I get logged in as I
expect. Logging in as anybody else (even though I select a KDE session)
I get a blank, Gnome-looking purple screen and can only get out of it
with Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Backspace.

Does anybody know what file needs to be edited so the thing will log in
and start KDE?

Thanks.

On Fri, 06 May 2005 15:35:41 +0000, Thomas Ronayne wrote:

> I tried run level 4 -- to give the graphic login a go -- and have a
> problem that I can't seem to locate.
>
> Logging in as root and selecting a KDE session I get logged in as I
> expect. Logging in as anybody else (even though I select a KDE session)
> I get a blank, Gnome-looking purple screen and can only get out of it
> with Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Backspace.
>
> Does anybody know what file needs to be edited so the thing will log in
> and start KDE?
>
Check for a symlink /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to one of the xinitrc.* files,
and check /home/you/.xinitrc and /root/.xinitrc to see if they're there.
If there's no /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, it will default to your home dir's
..xinitrc. I don't know what happens if there's no viable xinitrc.

What happens when you boot to runlevel 3, log on as user, and type
startx?

Good Luck!
Rich

On 05/06/05 17:35, Thomas Ronayne wrote:
> I tried run level 4 -- to give the graphic login a go -- and have a
> problem that I can't seem to locate.
>
> Logging in as root and selecting a KDE session I get logged in as I
> expect. Logging in as anybody else (even though I select a KDE session)
> I get a blank, Gnome-looking purple screen and can only get out of it
> with Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Backspace.
>
> Does anybody know what file needs to be edited so the thing will log in
> and start KDE?
>
> Thanks.

There is a hidden file in the user home directory that remembers the
window manager to activate. Check for $HOME/.wmrc

Ciao
Giovanni
--
A computer is like an air conditioner,
it stops working when you open Windows.
Registered Linux user #337974 <http://counter.li.org/>

Rich Grise wrote:

>On Fri, 06 May 2005 15:35:41 +0000, Thomas Ronayne wrote:
>
>
>
>>I tried run level 4 -- to give the graphic login a go -- and have a
>>problem that I can't seem to locate.
>>
>>Logging in as root and selecting a KDE session I get logged in as I
>>expect. Logging in as anybody else (even though I select a KDE session)
>>I get a blank, Gnome-looking purple screen and can only get out of it
>>with Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Backspace.
>>
>>Does anybody know what file needs to be edited so the thing will log in
>>and start KDE?
>>
>>
>>
>Check for a symlink /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to one of the xinitrc.* files,
>and check /home/you/.xinitrc and /root/.xinitrc to see if they're there.
>If there's no /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, it will default to your home dir's
>.xinitrc. I don't know what happens if there's no viable xinitrc.
>
>
Oh, yeah, those are all in place -- no .xinitrc in any home directory,
but the appropriate link in /etc/X11.

>What happens when you boot to runlevel 3, log on as user, and type
>startx?
>
>
Works just fine, every time, everybody.

>Good Luck!
>Rich
>
>
>
>
I'm thinking there's some conf file buried somewhere that I don't know
about.

Giovanni wrote:

> On 05/06/05 17:35, Thomas Ronayne wrote:
>
>> I tried run level 4 -- to give the graphic login a go -- and have a
>> problem that I can't seem to locate.
>>
>> Logging in as root and selecting a KDE session I get logged in as I
>> expect. Logging in as anybody else (even though I select a KDE
>> session) I get a blank, Gnome-looking purple screen and can only get
>> out of it with Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Backspace.
>>
>> Does anybody know what file needs to be edited so the thing will log
>> in and start KDE?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>
> There is a hidden file in the user home directory that remembers the
> window manager to activate. Check for $HOME/.wmrc

Nope, none of those anywhere.

>
> Ciao
> Giovanni

Thomas Ronayne wrote:

> Does anybody know what file needs to be edited so the thing will log in
> and start KDE?
>
> Thanks.

look here : http://www.hgriggs.com/xwindows.html

------quote
You get to enter your logon name and password, and then a Window manager
starts up. This is controlled by your $HOME/.xsession, or if you don't
have one, by the default /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession. Have a look at this file
to see how it's done.
------eq

cashmir

Thomas Ronayne wrote:

> I tried run level 4 -- to give the graphic login a go -- and have a
> problem that I can't seem to locate.
>
> Logging in as root and selecting a KDE session I get logged in as I
> expect. Logging in as anybody else (even though I select a KDE
> session) I get a blank, Gnome-looking purple screen and can only get
> out of it with Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Backspace.
>
> Does anybody know what file needs to be edited so the thing will log
> in and start KDE?
>
> Thanks.

Found it: the problem is in /etc/rc.d/rc.4.

As delivered, /etc/rc.d/rc.4 has

# Try to use GNOME's gdm session manager:
if [ -x /usr/bin/gdm ]; then
exec /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon
fi

BEFORE

# Not there? OK, try to use KDE's kdm session manager:
if [ -x /opt/kde/bin/kdm ]; then
exec /opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon
fi

Flipped those around and everything is hunky-dory.

Gee, here I thought Pat was KDE-centric; so what's the blankety-blank
GNOME thing first for?

Thanks to all.