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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] KDE Crashes on login
From:       Arash Bijanzadeh <a.bijanzadeh () linuxiran ! org>
Date:       2002-06-17 7:26:10
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Matthew Barnes wrote:

>Hello all I was hoping to get some advice on how to fix a problem I am
>having with KDE... many apologies if this is out of line or wrong
>forum......
>I have Linux mandrake 8.0 installed and the KDE that came with it (dont know
>what version and dont know where to find the version number?)
>Everything was working fine for a while and then one day KDE stopped working
>meaning I cant login to it anymore? I have tried several things to isolate
>what the problem is but im so new at linux that i really feel like i am
>flying blind.
>The computer is set to automatically startx and i have two login
>accounts(root and userx) when i try to login as root or userx from the GUI
>login screen the computer starts to log me in then the screen blinks to grey
>and then restarts x leaving me back at the login screen. i tried also to
>start the computer without the automatic login and running startx at the
>console but it does the same thing. One other thing(possibly related??) is
>that I have Gnome installed and gnome will let me login as root but does the
>same thing as kde with userx. I posted here cause I never ran gnome until
>kde died and i think i screwed up kde somehow and thats where the problem
>is? apologies if theis is the wrong group I am just trying to get info.
>
>Thanks for your help
> Matthew S Barnes
>
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I couldn't get that if gnome starts?! I mean if you can start gnome then 
there is a problem with kde ; if not, you destroyed the Xserver. Try 
login from console and starting X ( do not use srartx but just try X)
let us know what was the result

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