From kde Sun Nov 18 21:20:09 2007 From: Phillip Pi Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:20:09 +0000 To: kde Subject: Re: [kde] Unable to start up KDE due to hanging with a black Message-Id: <20071118212009.GA23267 () alpha ! zimage ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde&m=119542088730246 Hi again. I tried without a /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then tried no NVIDIA driver (just VESA). I still got the hang. So it can't be X11 issue. With no NVIDIA driver, I did the lsof, ps aux, .xsession-errors, and strace again without NVIDIA: http://pastey.net/77574 ... Also, see http://www.kde-forum.org/thread.php?threadid=17919 for other experimentations and logs as well. I still don't see anything interesting, but then I am not a programmer/developer. :( Help is welcomed since I am desperate to get KDE working. I hate Gnome!! Thanks in advance. :) On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:38:16PM -0800, Phillip Pi wrote: > Hello. > > Yesterday, I exited KDE and X back to console/text mode and restarted it > (startx) but now I get a hang. I see a black with a mouse cursor > (movable). I have to use ctrl-alt-backspace to kill X. > > I did some investigations and experiments. I tried making a new shell > account, ran startx, saw KDE's wizard, skipped it, and it hung again. I > tried it again and went through the wizard with defaults, and same hang > after KDE's wizard closed. > > I tried recompiling NVIDIA driver, but that didn't make any differences. > I tried deleting everything in /tmp and it didn't fix the problem. I > tried renaming my .kde/ directory to start clean, but that didn't fix it > either. I tried switching from KDE to Gnome, and Gnome worked without > any problems. So, it seems like KDE is broken somewhere but I am still > stomped on why. I think the last time I restarted X was like a few weeks > ago. I restarted it today because I saw kdelib package upgraded with > today's apt-get update. I already tried uninstalling it and running > startx, and still got the hang. I guess KDE doesn't use those files > during its boot up. I even tried losing my 61 days of uptime and > rebooting, but that didn't help either. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.