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KDE Fails to Start After Boot - Sometimes!
I'm new to Linux and installed SUSE 8.2 a few weeks ago and use KDE as my desktop. The machine is a modified HP Pavilion AMD K2 350MHZ with 158MB ram, PCI sound & video, serial modem, USB printer. Dual boot with Win98.
All has been fine until a few days ago when it happened that after a successful (?) boot KDE would not start - no wristwatch. I guess that the video server is not starting. this means I am stuck and have to pull the plug.
Yesterday, I tried to boot three times without success so I booted into Windows and later re-started into SUSE and up came KDE. Tonight I just let grub default into SUSE and KDE started straight off.
The irony is that my Win98 is very stable, reliable & nippy. I expect SUSE/KDE to be the same and for political reasons I want to be able to get Windows off my hard drive.
I would appreciate anyone's insight here!
Charlie.
Re: KDE Fails to Start After Boot - Sometimes!
I'm still suffering with this problem and would really appreciate some guidance here. There is a 1 in 3 chance that KDE will run and, quite frankly, it is unnerving to never be sure that I will have a GUI!
Charlie.
I would try to clean /tmp especially all those subdirectories that KDE uses.
(I am not sure if it is enough.)
Have a nice day!
what does the .xsession-errors file say
alternatively, try booting into single mode, or failsafe and typing
startx
what do you get??
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