[NTLUG:Discuss] KDE does not start normally in Suse 9.1

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Brian Kontrath wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I have a Suse 9.1 box that was improperly shutdown and now KDE does 
> not start properly.  At the kdm login screen I select KDE as my 
> preferred WM for the session but when I  login I get a very plain 
> xterm window (twm?) and thats it.  At this point, I usually have to 
> start kde from the xterm window by typing "kde" and then everything 
> seems to work ok. Of course, during the session I can't close the 
> xterm window without killing KDE.   How do I fix this so that KDE 
> starts normally?

Have you checked your .xsession file lately?  Here's a link to a page 
explaining the file:

http://ugrad-www.cs.colorado.edu/X/xsession.html

I Don't remember about kdm, but I do know gdm has the option to select 
Gnome, KDE or last sessions.  Usually when this happens to me, I have to 
select the Gnome or KDE session instead of the last or failsafe session, 
and that tends to fix things from then on.

Good Luck.