From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 20:17:58 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DE3D16A407 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:17:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marahkeh@yahoo.com) Received: from web51401.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web51401.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.38.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E35F13C487 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:17:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marahkeh@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 69811 invoked by uid 60001); 29 Mar 2007 19:51:16 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=FLi3DNgQeuX6V1NB27a5C2VeTnzNYoDaMoTlcK3aV8HtwjfS9mVAsJMEHlVfvp+1lPMcOX0JFFfLdKIYkwfN+g83UpFbL8DmFZMFtADyzm4p8PBI573YsdPg1XN5r+SbZt0KgFHfeReIa763NYvOlJeXXl60zvEp6qYFgaLLIAw=; X-YMail-OSG: Wnb8k90VM1mKipllv0E2mhoPsbmb6YSo6c6UV66yyvIbpN_kEMxvvJq.xj5365Vqjf2ZHhIwBw-- Received: from [206.171.24.28] by web51401.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:51:16 PDT Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:51:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Joseph Marah To: questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <64540.69130.qm@web51401.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: FreeBSD X11/GNOME/KDM issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:17:58 -0000 I am new to FreeBSD and been out of touch with UNIX for a while. I just bought a new system i386 (Intel 3.0 Ghz CPU, 2.0G mem, 500G disk space etc). I think I successfully downloaded the install files and burnt my cds. I think I installed the system OK. I think I installed X11 from ports. I then installed GNOME from ports( Maaan it took so long). I entered into /etc/rc.conf gdm_enable = "YES" ........... shut down and loggen in through GDM successfully. Played with it for a while. All utilities showed up fine. I browsed the Internet too. Then I decided to try KDE and installed it from ports (took loooong). After install I looged in through GDM. I saw everything KDE brought with it using GNOME interface and read the KDE mannual a bit. Then I used the user administration tab and added myself as a user in addition to root. I also changed kde_enable = "YES" in /etc/rc.conf in place of gdm_enable = "YES" hoping to be able to log back in using KDM. I shutdown and restarted. I got the KDM logon interface but the introduction showed my username I last added, as my default login. I entered root as user but a message came saying "root logons are not allowed." I tried logging in as myself and entered my correct password but I was sent to a window which read : Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation. I clicked OKAY. This took me back to the KDM logon manager. To cut matters short, I have been locked out of my system. how can I get back in? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Regards Joseph Marah ************** "IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL YOU ARE NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH" - Mario Andretti, race car driver. **************