Messed up my graphical login HELP!

[Christian Loza]

I forgot to note this:


On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 19:12 -0400, Christian Loza wrote:

> A dirty way to do this:
> 
> First, from command line (text) mode, change  this file:  /etc/inittab
> change to 
> id:3:initdefault:

Restart or kill X

> 
> So you won't start in graphic mode (change to id:5:initdefault: to
> restore it).
> 
> Then, type
> xinit
> So, you are going to have X started
> 
> Then, type startkde for KDE
> Iif you want start gnome, xinit, then switchdesk, then choose GNOME,
> then startx... I don't remember how to do this without this.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:55 -0700, Andrew Konosky wrote: 
> 
> > David Smith wrote:
> > 
> > >On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 18:23, Andrew Konosky wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > >>I was installing some new graphical login screens, but on of them must 
> > >>have been a bad download because now when I boot up, the login screen 
> > >>gives me an error saying that the PNG image is bad. I press OK, but the 
> > >>error doesn't go away and I can't logon graphically. I can log onto my 
> > >>system via the command line, but I don't know what the commands are to 
> > >>do anything. How do I reset the login screen to default via the command 
> > >>line, or how to I launch Gnome or KDE from command line so I change go 
> > >>back and change to my old login screen?
> > >>
> > >>Thanks,
> > >>Andrew
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >Once you log in you could type startx and then change the login screen.
> > >David
> > >  
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > I start my computer up, then the graphical log-in gves me the error, so 
> > I press ctrl-alt-f5 to go to the shell prompt. When I type startx I get 
> > an error that X is already running. So if X is already running, how do I 
> > start gnome or KDE?
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Christian Loza <christianl at unete.com.bo>
> UNETE Telecomunicaciones Ltda.

-- 
Christian Loza <christianl at unete.com.bo>
UNETE Telecomunicaciones Ltda.
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