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Jim Seymour posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:46:15 -0800 as excerpted: |
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> About three weeks ago my kde desktop started to get distorted and slow |
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> reacting. I decided to go ahead and reboot the computer. That was the |
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> last time I have been logged in graphically. I have since removed KDE |
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> and the nvidia-drivers and am now just trying to get it working with the |
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> nv drivers and xdm/twm. I do get a log in screen, however upon trying to |
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> log in the screen goes blank and eventually comes back to the login |
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> screen. Since I seem to be the only one having this issue, I assume I |
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> missed an important entry in the elog. I have the modeline (no X at all |
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> without a xorg.conf) set to the parameters parsed by the video driver. I |
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> am using evdev for the keyboard and mouse (they work fine). I have |
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> googled and searched the mail archives |
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Some observations... |
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1) Since you get the login screen, X has to be working. Presumably, |
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that's with full root permissions. |
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2) When you try to login, screen blanks and eventually returns to the ?DM |
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login screen. Of course, in the process of logging in as your user and |
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getting a kde or twm session, you'll switch to user privs for some |
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things. That this doesn't work but the login screen as root does, hints |
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at a permission issue, or an issue setting up the user "magic cookies" |
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that allow an ordinary user to access the xorg server running as root. |
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3) That begs the question [1], what happens if you create a fresh user and |
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try to login as them, and/or if you try logging in as root? (Yes, I don't |
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recommend it for normal usage either, but for testing... disconnect from |
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the net if you're paranoid, backup your /root so you can restore it to pre- |
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X-login condition afterward, and try the root thing.) If a new/clean user |
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works, then you know it's something in the user config. If it doesn't but |
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root works, you know it's a permissions issue of some sort. |
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4) Due to ?DM breaking on me years ago on Mandrake, I quit using ?DM |
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graphical logins then, and have never gone back, choosing instead to login |
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at the text console and startx as my preferred user. You mention nothing |
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about even trying that. Does /that/ work and you simply prefer the |
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graphical login, does that not work either, or were you unaware of the |
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option? |
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Obviously if it works you have a workaround. At least that way you can |
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run your graphical environment of choice, even if you don't like the login |
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method. Plus, the results of this test should help someone a bit more |
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skilled in ?DM technologies than I am (as I said I quit DMs long ago) |
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figure out what's going on. |
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[1] Literal/descriptive usage: Greek or Latin logical fallacies aside, |
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the intent here is the literal meaning of the English words: The lead-up |
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now begs that the question be asked. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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