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[Chronic321]

Yesterday I booted up my K6-3 Redhat Linux box, I haven't used it for like 2 weeks. When I booted and selected the latest kernel (10) it didn't go into KDE. Rather, it just stayed in the command line. I can log in and use the HTTP server but there is no GUI. What happened? How do I get into KDE through the command line.

 

[ProviaFan]

If you log in as a regular user and want to start an X session from there, try the "startx" command. If you want to switch from CLI login to GUI login, you must be logged in as root, then type this:

init 5 ; exit

 

[n0cmonkey]

Your thread title sucks 🙂

Take a look at your inittab, the default may have changed to 3(?).

 

[Chronic321]

not working....

 

[Chaotic42]

Do you have kdm installed and scheduled to run at startup (or some other display manager)?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Chronic321
not working....

Ok, we start with the lame title and move on to the lame posts. Here is what I would like to see from you regarding this post:
1. What is not working? I noticed 3 possible solutions (2 totally different possible solutions) and you did not specify which one was not working. Are all 3 bad? I dont know about the others, but Im not psychic.
2. Did you recieve any errors when attempting these mysterious things that are not working? If so, give us the errors please. I doubt you have ever worked tech support before, but the worst problem I ever came across was uncooperative users. Those are the ones that call up and say (and I quote) "Its broked," and do not volunteer more information. Not only do they not volunteer more information, they do like you have done and attempt to make the troubleshooting process as difficult and painful as possible.


Maybe is all the "chronic" affecting your brain, but we are trying to help. Let us try to help you, dont fight us.

 

[Chronic321]

I think I got it, Thanks for the suggestions jliechty and n0cmonkey. It ended up being changing my mouse from PS2 to USB. Linux doesn't seem to recognize my old USB mouse and thus refuses to boot up into X windows. With a Ps2 mouse it works fine.