pkaplan1@comcast.net wrote:
> My immediate question would be; if you now allow the new user to login under Gnome, quit Gnome and then attempt to login again under kde, what happens? Is the problem simply having Gnome config files (or in my case kde 3.5.9) or something else?
>
> When I did this, no "interactions", but I never traced the problem. It's worth noting that a number of gnome directories (.gconf, .gonfd, .gnome, .gnome2_private, .gnupg) are created in the user account even if one never uses Gnome. I assume these are to support gtk based apps.
> Paul
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Jim Smith <jim@oz.net>
>
>> pkaplan1@comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>> I've seen some strange interactions between kde4.1 config files and non-4.1
>>>
>> config files within a user account.
>>
>>> Do you get the same behavior when you login as a different user that has never
>>>
>> logged in under Gnome?
>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>> From: Jim Smith <jim@oz.net>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I recently installed KDE 4.1 to test it on this laptop. When selecting a
>>>> KDE4.1 session at the login screen, it will start up, go thru the splash
>>>> screen and the music then freeze with a blank black screen. I have to
>>>> ctrl-alt-bkspc to get back to the login screen. I seem to remember
>>>> seeing something about this in this forum previously. I also understand
>>>> that KDE4.X is undergoing heavy work at this time. Has anyone else had
>>>> this result? Is there a more proper forum for this question?
>>>>
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>> I created a new user, assigned KDE4 as that user's default and logged
>> in. KDE4.1 came up "normally", that is without too many bizarre effects.
>> There must be a file to edit or delete.
>> I'll do more research. What fun.....
>>
>> Jim
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There appear to be both .kde and .kde4 config files. Perhaps kde4.1
can't discriminate between the two. In addition .xsession-errors
contains some kde references but they make no sense to me. Perhaps to
you or someone?
Thank you
Jim
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