login/out borked [SOLVED]

[tom_d]

after almost a year of keeping my hands to myself, today I managed to bork just about everything (everything=7.10/3.5.8) I have managed to get it all back, with one final glitch: when I login, it dumps me to a command-line login and I have to startx by typing. Then everything is there and happy except the KMenu>LogOut... gives me only a Logout button- there used to be other choices.

How do I fix this?

[integr8e]

Re: login/out borked

What happens when you run the command

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

instead of "startx"?

[tom_d]

Re: login/out borked

no idea- gimme a minute and I'll find out

[tom_d]

Re: login/out borked

What happens when you run the command

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

instead of "startx"?

"not starting K Display Manager (kdm); it is not the default display manager"

[integr8e]

Re: login/out borked

OK, do this: open '/etc/X11/default-display-manager' as root:

kdesu kate /etc/X11/default-display-manager

The first - which should be the only - line needs to look like:

/usr/bin/kdm

Change it, and the problem should be fixed (if the file is non-existent, create it).

[tom_d]

Re: login/out borked

underway- will report momentarily

[tom_d]

Re: login/out borked

OK, do this: open '/etc/X11/default-display-manager' as root:

kdesu kate /etc/X11/default-display-manager

The first - which should be the only - line needs to look like:

/usr/bin/kdm

Change it, and the problem should be fixed (if the file is non-existent, create it).

I changed it, and the problem is fixed. Issue was it was pointing to a non-existent kde4 folder/file. Both are now working finest kind

Thanks for the VERY quick help- love this forum!! :-)