jofg Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) I have a dual notebook, XP and Mandriva 2006. When I try to start Linux, KDE gui does not load automatically. It takes me to the black screen (don't know what it is called), the prompt screen that that first asks for username and password. I enter those names, in and it logs me in as root, but still at the prompt. To start KDE gui I have to type in KDE at the prompt, and it loads all right. And when I log off, it only gives the option of End Current Session Then it takes me back to the prompt to exit. First off, it never did this before. I was able to log out, and either restart to XP or turn off computer. 1. How do I get back to loading the KDE gui automatically? 1a. If not, then what is the command to exit KDE at the prompt? I tried exit, quit, x, q But nothing, I had to hit the off button. I might have have had some issues with my TV Card in Windows XP. I had to turn off the computer with the off button a few times, that is when the KDE gui did not start any more. Both OS seem to work with the exception of the KDE gui not loading automatically. Hope this isn't a hardware problem. Thanks Edited February 6, 2007 by jofg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jofg Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 found problem I was trying to upgrade to glib-2-12-9 on install I had a message of of error that it was not installed. how do I uninstall this version or any previous installs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 On my Mandriva 2005 box: Start the Mandriva Control Center by typing mcc from a terminal Select Software Management Select Look at installed software and uninstall software packages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jofg Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) I had trouble upgrading to glib 2 12 9, so I tried glib 2 12 0 to install, I cd to glib ./configure make make install I get these messages after make Making all in reference make[3]: Entering directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs/reference' Making all in glib make[4]: Entering directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs/reference/glib' make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs/reference/glib' Making all in gobject make[4]: Entering directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs/reference/gobject' make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs/reference/gobject' make[4]: Entering directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs/reference' make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs/reference' make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs/reference' make[3]: Entering directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs' make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3/docs' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jose/Documents/glib-2.12.3' I am trying to install these for either a comic book archiver or a screen saver The current stable version of GTK+ is 2.10. The current stable version of GLib is 2.12. The current stable version of Pango is 1.14. The gui interface does not start automatically, I have to type in the KDE command And when it does log on, it gives message that the sound server crashed, so there is no audio. The sound card works in Win XP Logging out, it only gives the option of End Current Session These are some of the messages that are displayed when logging out. SWT: 6820 GLIB -GObject - Critical - g_signal_connectdata: G_type_check_instance_failed Warning - instance with invalid NULL class pointer Last drop call before KDED crash was from application 'KDED' to object KCrash: Application 'KDED' crashed.... waiting for X server to shut down synaptics device off called drKorqi FATAL IO error Client killed then it takes me to the prompt, but does shut down. I have to hit the off button, which is making me nervous because it seems as if it is slowing killing the hard drive If I can't rectify this problem, I might just reformat this partition from XP and retire Linux. Also, when I clicked mcc in Konsole, I got this message [jose@localhost ~]$ kdesu (kdelibs): WARNING: No X authentication info set for display :0.0 QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim kdesu (kdelibs): WARNING: No X authentication info set for display :0.0 kdesu (kdelibs): WARNING: No X authentication info set for display :0.0 any suggestions on how to install glib? thanks again Edited February 6, 2007 by jofg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zibi1981 Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Do You have access to the Internet on Your laptop? If so, then configure Your Mandriva repositories using easy-urpmi, and then type in console as a root rpm qa | grep glib This will show You what "glib packages" have You got installed on Your system. Then it will be best to uninstall them with urpme package_name (probably glib_with_version_number) and after that install a new glib library by typing urpmi glib Maybe this will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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