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    Desktop

    I was screwing around with a Knoppix HD installation on my PC, and i changed the desktop, now it only boots up in text mode, how can i get it to boot back into KDE?

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    I'm new to this but, when yo'ure at text mode type....

    startx

    And it should go to graphical mode (i think)
    worth a try

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    i tried that

    i received errors when i did that, reguardless of whether i was Root user or not. error is as follows:
    fatal server error
    no screens found

    XIO: fatal IO erro 1104 connection reset by peer.

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    Try 'init 5' or 'kdm' as root.

    If this doesn't work your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is probably broken.

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    no good

    when i use kdm the screen goes blank and then comes back to a command line again, same when i do init 5.
    heres what i did originally, i was in KDE, and i selected the menu option to "change/configure desktop environment" or window manager, something to that effect, well, i changed it and restarted i cant remember what i set it to, but when i boot up, it just comes to a login in text mode.

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    Re: no good

    I have two more ideas:

    1) In '/etc/inittab' should be a line saying something like (I'm currently at a SuSE-Linux system):
    # The default runlevel is defined here
    id:5:initdefault:
    Check if this is set to runlevel 5.

    2) In your homedirectory should be a file named '.xinitrc' or '.xsession' (it depends on the distro which file is used). It should contain the following line:
    exec startkde
    But I'm not really sure if this will work. What does your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 "Device" Section say?

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    I probably can't help, I'm rather new to linux and very new to debian

    Are you getting a graphical login screen that won't login?

    I had a problem where the (default) login option (desktop/windowManager choice)
    wouldn't work, It just flickered straight back to the login screen, yet I could start a session textwise.
    Also 'startX' 'kdm' ,would not work for me - errors, or the flicker.
    However, when I changed the default choice, to any of the WindowManagers, it would login perfect!
    I havn't looked to see where/what the problem is, I just make sure that the WM is set to kde3 and all is graphic!
    As I said, hope it helps, it sounds as though you arn't even getting a graphic login.

    have a nice day


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