[Re: [NCLUG] No desktop manager]

[M Butcher]

Sorry... to clarify, can you run the command 'ps -ef' on the command line and 
post the results to the list. That might help us identify if the window 
manager is running at all.

It should look like this (except longer):

[root at aleph /]# ps -ef
UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
root         1     0  0 Mar04 ?        00:00:07 init [5]
root         2     1  0 Mar04 ?        00:00:00 [kflushd]
root         3     1  0 Mar04 ?        00:00:42 [kupdate]
root         4     1  0 Mar04 ?        00:00:19 [kswapd]
root         5     1  0 Mar04 ?        00:00:00 [mdrecoveryd]
root        32     1  0 Mar04 ?        00:00:00 [open]

Here's what I'd suggest:

After you've logged in, try pressing ctrl-alt-F1. It should bring you to a 
command line. Login, and then enter the 'ps -ef' command. What you are 
looking for (specifically) is sawfish, gnome, or some indication that 
whatever window manager you are running is actually somewhere in there.

To get back from the command line, logout ('exit'), and then type CTRL-ALT-F7 
(if that doesn't work, try some of the other F keys).

Alternatively, when you boot into linux, when you get the LILO prompt, type 
'linux 3', which will boot you into runlevel three instead of runlevel 5 -- 
that means you will boot to command line, not x-windows. From there, it might 
be easier to troubleshoot. In fact, the first thing I would do from there is 
type 'startx', and see if that works.

Well, I apologize for my verbosity. Hope it helps. And if you've already 
gotten hundreds of mails saying the same thing, I apologize again... I kinda 
intercepted this thread right in the middle, so I don't really know what 
others have suggested.

Matt

On Thursday 26 April 2001 05:11 pm, Judy Lujan wrote:
> How do I send out a PS ? This is Debian, btw.
>
> Judy
>
> M Butcher <mbutcher at aleph-null.tv> wrote:
> Judy,
>
> Did you ever send out a PS of what processes are running? And what distro
> was
>
> this, again? I think I missed the first couple messages.
>
> Matt
>
> On Thursday 26 April 2001 12:24 pm, you wrote:
> > on 4/25/01 9:30 AM, Judy Lujan at j-lujan at usa.net wrote:
> > > I get a login window that asks first for my name, then for my password
> > > and then takes me directly to the desktop.
> >
> > hmmm....
> >
> >    this means that you aren't running in normal multi-user mode. you are
> > starting up in the mode that brings you right into X. i'm not too
> > familiar with this, but http://www.linuxdoc.org/ should have something
> > about this
> >
> > specifically, http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO-2.html
> >
> > at the bottom is a section titled 2.4 The X Display Manager which should
> > be helpful.
> >
> > anyone else?
> >
> > mike
> >
> >
> > -- mike cullerton   michaelc at cullerton.com
> >
> >
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