not able to log in to KDE

[Sebastian Vahl]

Am Mo 17.Dezember 2007 schrieb Antonio Olivares:
> --- John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org>
>
> wrote:
> > Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > after removing kdepim and other stuff, kde updates
> >
> > got
> >
> > > through :), however, I am still unable to login to
> >
> > KDE
> >
> > > :(.  I got the following when I typed startkde,
> > >
> > > because startx defaults to GNOME, even though KDE
> >
> > was
> >
> > > set as the one :(
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [olivares at localhost ~]$ cat nokde-1.txt
> > > Script started on Fri 14 Dec 2007 07:19:23 PM CST
> > > [olivares at localhost ~]$ startkde
> > > xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
> >
> > startkde is not an alternative to startx
> >
> > Do you have a problem logging via kdm, gdm or xdm?
> >
> > _I_ would do so.
> >
> > What I have done when I found myself running twm
> > (there is very little
> > one can do inside twm, except start xterm), is this:
> > 1. killall two.
> > At this point window decorations (title bar, borders
> > etc) vanish.
> > 2. startkde
> >
> > An alternative that works (AFAIK) only on RH systems
> > is to login to
> > whatever, then run switchdesk
> >
> > so if startx gets you into gnome, run switchdesk to
> > choose something
> > else, then logout and try again.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cheers
> > John
> >
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>
> I installed switchdesk, but still cannot login to kde.
>
> What can I do to fix it.  In the meantime, I switched
> back to gnome.

Please have a look at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=422061
Your problem sounds similar.

Sebastian
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