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Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> writes:

> I'm running 5.2 RC-1 on a P2-400 with 512MB RAM using XFree86 4.3 and
> KDE 3.1.4 with KDM login manager.  I'm having some difficultly
> starting X and I'm not sure if it's KDM or maybe something as simple
> as fonts.

The way to cut down on the possibilities would be to disable kdm and
see if it happens with startx.  And check whether a simpler window
manager has any effect.  Etc.