[WBEL-users] Pilgrims progress -- New install after up2date no keyboard

[Craig White]

On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 00:08 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Dave and Paul (and any others with good ideas!)
> 
> At 05:48 PM 12/31/2004, Paul wrote:
> 
> > > <c-a-d> brings up a strangely empty dialog, but knowing the content, I was
> > > able to just logoff.  This brought me back to character mode.  I really
> > > logged out, come in as root, and things work.
> >
> >Hmmm,
> >Could be a messed up Gnome/KDE session settings that is causing it.
> >These are nomally set the first time a user logs into the system to the
> >system defaults.
> >
> >Could you create a new user account and try logging in as that and then
> >do startx and see what happens?
> 
> OK.  I created the new id using the graphical user and group tool.
> 
> Rebooted, at level 3.  Logged in with the new id and did a startx.
> 
> I saw some messages about creating something, and then the GUI came up.
> 
> Now I am sitting with no text and some sort of error/warning dialog box 
> that all I can see is a big X
> 
> At this point unless someone has some great insight on monday I am going to 
> rebuild this box...
> 
> Do the build, but NOT install KDE
>          Only reason I installed KDE is that I read it has a tool for DHCP 
> that gnome does not have.
> 
> up2date the kernel only and check everything
> then up2date all the packages.
> 
> I need this system for some testing.  And in a week it is off to 802.1 and 
> then 802.11 meetings that I am not ready for (some of it is with some 
> testing that I was to do with this box!).
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I have watched this thread and cannot figure out why you are having such
a hard time.

In your user directory - whichever user you are logged on to before
typing startx

as user, try typing 'switchdesk GNOME' or 'switchedesk KDE' 

for more info type 'man switchdesk'

as root
# cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop
DESKTOP="GNOME"

This is what would run if user has no preferences.

I believe that it's hard not to get KDE and GNOME at least partially
installed. Unless hard drive space is at a premium, install them both.

Craig