I have installed debian testing/unstable using the netinst cd image to boot into a minimal debian system and then have downloaded and installed X and KDE.
The problem is that I am unable to get a graphical login screen. The bootup messages say that kdm has been started but but I still get the text login prompt. On shutdown kdm is shown as not being shut down as it is not running.
I can manually run kdm by /etc/init.d/kdm start.
I have removed xdm and installed kdm. I did a dpkg-reconfigure kdm. To no avail.
Kdm is set as default display manager in /etc/X11/deault-display-manager.
I have the initdefault set to 2 in /etc/inittab. Changing this to 3 or 5 does not help.
I have looked at the logs in /var/log/Xfree86.0.log but couldn't find anything.
What am I missing ?
regards,
Sharukh
Morning Dr. Sharukh,
"/etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers"
Can u send me the above file on my e-mail ID.
and also paste the output of "ls -l" for runlevel 3 & 5 startup scripts directory.
Regards, Animesh.
--- "Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri." lists@pavri.net wrote:
I have installed debian testing/unstable using the netinst cd image to boot into a minimal debian system and then have downloaded and installed X and KDE.
The problem is that I am unable to get a graphical login screen. The bootup messages say that kdm has been started but but I still get the text login prompt. On shutdown kdm is shown as not being shut down as it is not running.
I can manually run kdm by /etc/init.d/kdm start.
I have removed xdm and installed kdm. I did a dpkg-reconfigure kdm. To no avail.
Kdm is set as default display manager in /etc/X11/deault-display-manager.
I have the initdefault set to 2 in /etc/inittab. Changing this to 3 or 5 does not help.
I have looked at the logs in /var/log/Xfree86.0.log but couldn't find anything.
What am I missing ?
regards,
Sharukh
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hi,
I have the initdefault set to 2 in /etc/inittab. Changing this to 3 or 5 does not help.
check if you have a symlink which looks like S99kdm in /etc/rc2.d/ if it is not there then create it, it should point to /etc/init.d/kdm
What is the version of XServer that you have installed, on new systems you should have atleast version 3.3 installed.
while running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" try selecting vesa as your display driver.
Hope this helps
Shashank
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 12:20:03AM +0530, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
I can manually run kdm by /etc/init.d/kdm start.
Just run
# update-rc.d -f kdm defaults
Regards
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Animesh Singh -
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Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. -
Shashank Ashtikar