[LUAU] X problem

[Rodney Kanno]

Hi James,

Yes X is starting and since xconsole is the only thing that runs, I have no 
menus and toolbars. I have tried logging in as both a regular user as well as 
root, both did the same thing.  After a boot, the xconsole login screen comes 
up (in init 5) and I cannot choose which window manager I want to use at all. 
I should try deleting the .kde directory in any case. Thank you for your 
help!

Rodney


On Monday 16 May 2005 04:20 pm, James A. Stroble wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 11:41, pepe65 at hawaii.rr.com wrote:
> > I am running SuSE 9.3 and I noticed that if I install something or do an
> > program update, sometimes I lose the ability to start KDE, GNOME, etc...
> > and I do not have any clue why (I haven't changed any display settings).
> > Especially since the update/install is for some program that shouldn't
> > be touching the setting for X (ie. Gnucash, DVDrip, etc..). When it
> > happens, I can only get the xconsole login manager and GUI.
>
> Rodney,
> 	This means that X is starting, and the window manager, but you do not
> have the menus and toolbar and so forth?   I have had a similar problem
> in Mandrake (at least I think it was mandrake).  Have you tried logging
> on as another user?  In my case, the user config files got messed up, so
> if I was another user, KDE worked fine. So if I remember correctly, I
> deleted the .kde directory in my home directory (you can use lots of
> customization this way, there might be a more delicate approach to
> take), and it was recreated when I logged in again.
> Might be a good idea to backup your home directory from the command line
> before you do anything drastic.
>
> Now if only we knew what made your system do this....