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Subject: Re: kdm and startkde
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Brett Wiggins wrote:

>hello,
>      I am having some problems with startkde and kdm. When I run 
>startkde i get the following outpit;
>  
> xset: unable to open dispaly ""
> xsetroot: unable to open display ''
> startkde: starting up...
> ksplash cannot connect to X server
> kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set
> Warning: connect() failed: : no such file or directory
> ksmserver : cannot connect to X server
> startkde: shutting down
> Warning: connect() failed: : no such file or directory
> Error : Can't contact kdeinit!
> startkde: Running shutdown scripts
> startkde: done
>
>When I run startx kde runs fine.
>  
>
I thinks it's because startx launches X before it starts startkde, and 
startkde only attempts to launch KDE, which isn't going to work if there 
is no X server running.

>  
>   When I edit /etc/ttys to enable a graphical login, kdm runs but 
>nothing happens when I log in. The login screen is just reloaded. Any 
>help would be great.
>
>  
>
What about XDM? Is that working? Is your /var/log/XFree86 giving you any 
useful output? (connection refused or something?)

Cheers,

Jorn