kde doesn't start

queen · Veteran Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 1642

From time to time kde login manager doesn't start. Without any specific reason. When i boot it says setting up kdm. But then i get a black screen which returns to text login manager. My /etc/rc.conf XSESSION=Xsession

.xinitrc i have startkde. xdm is added to default level. Luckily, I manage to solve this problem usually by

chrismortimore · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject:

Any errors in /var/log/Xorg.*.log?
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psycophobia · Guru Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 510 Location: uk

should not your XSESSION="kde" in your /etc/rc.conf without the # before XSESSION.

And DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" for login screen.

chrismortimore · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:36 pm Post subject:

The xsession depends on your KDE version. Mine is XSESSION="kde-3.4.3"
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queen · Veteran Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 1642

chrismortimore · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject:

Sounds like it isn't starting xorg. Check your config file for errors and /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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queen · Veteran Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 1642

pjesi · n00b Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 54

I think I have the same problem. Sometime I just cant get into KDE unless I use a new system user.

chrismortimore · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject:

Perhaps check "echo $PATH" and look for differences between the two users. And the groups you are a member of.
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queen · Veteran Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 1642

pjesi · n00b Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 54

chrismortimore · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:30 am Post subject:

@queen: The first thing that strikes me is that your Xorg only has a resolution set for 24 and no DefaultDepth (in the screen section). I'm not sure of the specifics of how Xorg processes this file, but perhaps set a resolution for each colour depth you have, and set DefaultDepth. I also hear that the Intel graphics driver supplied with Xorg is very picky about hardware, so look around the internet and see if there is anything about your specific model of laptop. I would also try Driver "vesa", that seems to work with everything.

@pjesi: If things are crashing randomly, perhaps it is a hardware problem. I'd check your CPU temperature and make sure it isn't creeping up too high. Looking at your error log (posted a little up), things are seg faulting. Perhaps reinstall KDE, something might have got corrupted somewhere. I just noticed that startkde cannot find xset and xsetroot, do a whereis on each of these and make sure they exist, and run them manually to make sure they execute. startkde is just a script, so open it up and make sure it is actually looking in the right place for them. Given that your Xorg seems to be starting fine (from what you've been saying), I'm going to presume that your Xorg installation is OK.
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queen · Veteran Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 1642

[quote="chrismortimore"]@queen: The first thing that strikes me is that your Xorg only has a resolution set for 24 and no DefaultDepth (in the screen section). I'm not sure of the specifics of how Xorg processes this file, but perhaps set a resolution for each colour depth you have, and set DefaultDepth. I also hear that the Intel graphics driver supplied with Xorg is very picky about hardware, so look around the internet and see if there is anything about your specific model of laptop. I would also try Driver "vesa", that seems to work with everything.

When i installed xorg, that's how it came, without DefaultDepth. Which version of xorg you have?Since i knew that my resolution is 1024x768 i left as it was. AS for vesa you might be right. I have built in the kernel vesa-fb. So you say that i should set in xorg file to vesa instead of dri?

I found someone who has the same laptop as mine. Here is his setup: http://people.cc.jyu.fi/~paju/hardware/sigmatrix/xorg.conf.txt

If you can help me a little bit to what i should put in my xorg reffered to his setting, i will be grateful. I am a little bit confused between

Section "Device"
Identifier "intel"
VendorName "Intel"
BoardName "GM"
Driver "i810"

Option "DPMS"
Option "DisplayInfo" "off"

# same stuff on all monitors
Option "MonitorLayout" "NONE,CRT+LFP"
EndSection
AND
Section "Device"
Identifier "intel-tv"
VendorName "Intel"
BoardName "GM"
Driver "i810"

Option "DPMS"
Option "DisplayInfo" "off"

Option "DevicePresence" "true"
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT+TV+LFP,NONE"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen0"
Monitor "monitor0"

Device "intel"

DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600" "1280x1024"
EndSubsection
EndSection

I don't have a tv or external monitor connected. and i see he uses other driver too.
Here is a more detailed setup of the laptop.
http://people.cc.jyu.fi/~paju/hardware/sigmatrix/

I am a little bit confused between Graphics / X intel-agp, i915 i810 AND
Graphics / console vesafb