Did you try simply typing "kdm" w/c ?? On Sunday 29 April 2001 12:27, Frankie Fong wrote: | Hello, | | KDE2.1.1 failed to start on my system using startx. The | problem is I cannot find any clues from the XF log file | what failed KDE. | | Config: | | Matrox G450 | Debian 2.2r2 | XF4.0.3 with Matrox latest driver all built from source. | QT 2.3.0 (binary) | KDElibs3 (binary) | KDEbase (binary) | | plus in order to install KDElibs3, dependency force me | to install | | libssl096 | (which in turns require) | libc6 v2.2.2.4 | libdb2 v2.7.7.7 | | for safety reason, i rebuilt my XF4.0.3 with libc6-dev v2.2.2.4 | | then I tried to start X with just twm as window manager. | it works! | | then i modified my .xinitrc to replace lines of starting twm | with 'startkde'. | | startx -> | the screen blinks (like trying to get the correct 'sync') | and X killed itself and back to console prompt. | | I checked the /var/log/XFree86.0.log on both the good run (with twm) | and the bad run (startkde). They almost matches with no difference. | | I wonder where can I get more information (hidden log files??) | anywhere to help me debug this problem?? | | thanks | frankie | _________________________________________________________________ | Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- Send posts to: kde-user@lists.netcentral.net Send all commands to: kde-user-request@lists.netcentral.net Put your command in the SUBJECT of the message: "subscribe", "unsubscribe", "set digest on", or "set digest off" All kde mailing lists are archived at http://lists.kde.org ********************************************************************** This list is from your pals at NetCentral