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Post subject: Startup not booting into graphical (kde) interface
 Posted: Dec 30, 2006 - 09:19 AM
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Joined: May 07, 2005
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When booting up a newly installed Kanotix 2006-01-RC4 system with an up-to-minute dist-upgrade, the graphical interface "sometimes" does not fire up, but instead a non-graphical log-in prompt appears, at which point I can naturally log in and continue a session in a non-graphical mode.
How can I try to make KDE or the graphical log-in screen start from that point? In other words, after login, what is or are the commands to start an x-session?
The tail end of my start-up screenful appears as follows: ...
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Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix
Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 kanotix tty1
kanotix login:_
In case I don't log in at this point and after a couple of minutes, the system enters runlevel 5 and attempts to start various services, such as printing, battery stuff, fan processor etc., with the last being the following:
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... Starting K Display Manager: xdm.
Not starting X display manager (xdm): it is not the default dissplay manager.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 kanotix tty2
kanotix login:_
My system is set to automatically log in to a user account and perhaps this is partly the cause of the kde startup failure, although this has never been a problem with my previous Kanotix installs.
As I mentioned, the start-up mysteriously fails only sometimes, as in most instances the graphical interface fires up as normal.
Also, in KDE I cannot click "K" => "End current session" and expect a GUI log-in screen. There will either be a non-graphical login prompt or just a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top-left corner, which I can't type anything into. Only rebooting by hitting the Strg+Alt+Entf keys are possible here.
Does anyone have any idea what could be the cause of this occasional kdm/kde login failure?
Maybe some services did not exit cleanly in a previous session, however, I usually always switch the system off as it should. No hitting reset etc.
Could perhaps reinstalling the log-in manager parts (xdm or kdm?) work? |
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Posted: Dec 30, 2006 - 03:14 PM
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Joined: Apr 02, 2006
Posts: 121
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Try this, I got this advice and it worked for me
Change CHVT_TTY value in file /etc/default/splashy to auto, 7 or to the right session for your PC.
So, this
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# Splashy will switch to this TTY after finishing at boot
# note that if X is running, tty7 will be used automatically
CHVT_TTY=1
should be:
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# Splashy will switch to this TTY after finishing at boot
# note that if X is running, tty7 will be used automatically
CHVT_TTY=7 |
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Posted: Dec 30, 2006 - 03:46 PM
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Joined: Sep 06, 2006
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I was having the same problem. This fixed it.
Thanks a bunch.  |
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Posted: Dec 30, 2006 - 03:59 PM
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Joined: May 07, 2005
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Thanks for that insider tip! Instead I set this line to: ...
ENABLE=0
... which desplashed it completely! Result: No boot image or log-in/kdm failure after having tested rebooting for a tenth time. It should be the same as setting CHVT_TTY=7 minus the image (in my case a glowy pinguin). It makes me wonder what useful purpose Splashy serves, other than displaying the image and a progress bar during start-up and shut-down?
When in KDE on 2006-01-RC4 the following does not work from me either:
"K" => "Switch User" => "Start New Session" (as root)
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"K" => "Log Out..." to reach the (kdm or xdm?) log-in manager again.
Although the 2006-01-RC4+dist-upgrade must be as new as new can be I think I might revert to 2005-04, which in any case is probably more feature packed than most other Linux distros. |
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Post subject: How to edit the file "splashy"?
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 05:17 AM
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Joined: Dec 09, 2010
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I am also having the same problem,
I am new to this so dont know how to edit the file "/etc/default/splashy"
Could you please tell how to edit the file "/etc/default/splashy" ?
vilde wrote:
Try this, I got this advice and it worked for me
Change CHVT_TTY value in file /etc/default/splashy to auto, 7 or to the right session for your PC.
So, this
Code:
# Splashy will switch to this TTY after finishing at boot
# note that if X is running, tty7 will be used automatically
CHVT_TTY=1
should be:
Code:
# Splashy will switch to this TTY after finishing at boot
# note that if X is running, tty7 will be used automatically
CHVT_TTY=7
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Post subject: How to edit the file "splashy"?
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 06:43 AM
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Joined: Oct 06, 2007
Posts: 389
Location: Leipzig
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Boot from a Live-CD
<ALT>+<F2>
type "kdesu konqueror"
copy+paste "/etc/default/" into the URL
then you`ll find the file "splashy"
open it with "kwrite" (right-click - open with)
now you can edit it.
After editing: File->save
But a better advice:
Download a newer Kanotix-version... |
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Post subject: RE: How to edit the file "splashy"?
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 05:10 AM
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Joined: Dec 09, 2010
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I have installed the latest Kanotix Excalibur, but when I boot, it does not boot into a Graphical Interface, but instead a non-graphical log-in prompt appears, at which point I can naturally log in and continue a session in a non-graphical mode.
How can I try to make KDE or the graphical log-in screen start from that point? In other words, after login, what is or are the commands to start an x-session?
The tail end of my start-up screenful appears as follows: ...
Quote:
Setting up X server socket directory /tmp/.X11-unix
Setting up ICE socket directory /tmp/.ICE-unix
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 kanotix tty1
kanotix login:_
So I wanted to try this:
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Change CHVT_TTY value in file /etc/default/splashy to auto, 7 or to the right session for your PC.
For this I have to edit the file "etc/default/splashy" from the installation on my hard-disk, but when I try to do it after booting from a Live-CD, it shows "No Write Access"
So is it possible to start the Graphical Interface from the non-graphical one? |
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Post subject: RE: How to edit the file "splashy"?
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 11:18 AM
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Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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