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Code9
January 17th, 2011, 07:59 PM
I just installed KDE over my default Gnome installation. Upon rebooting however, there is only a terminal on my desktop and nothing else. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
nomiz
January 17th, 2011, 08:07 PM
got the same thing! #-o

first a clean install of ubuntu, and then a

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
where kdm was chosen

any ideas? thx!
Code9
January 17th, 2011, 08:12 PM
Mine was a freshly updated version of Ubuntu, but I installed it the same way you did.
ChuckyDuckster
January 17th, 2011, 08:19 PM
Triple Posting?

Try to run

sudo kdm
To see if you can start it yourself, or you may be in one of your TTY sessions, in which case try CTRL + ALT + F8

Cheers
Code9
January 17th, 2011, 08:24 PM
I tried the first one, it doesn't seem to do anything.
The second one blacks my screen, and I can't seem to do anything
Code9
January 17th, 2011, 08:25 PM
I tried the first one, it doesn't seem to do anything.
The second one blacks my screen, and I can't seem to do anything
aysiu
January 17th, 2011, 08:31 PM
Try
startx If that doesn't work, try
sudo service kdm start
aysiu
January 17th, 2011, 08:32 PM
Try
startx If that doesn't work, try
sudo service kdm start
Code9
January 17th, 2011, 08:41 PM
First one says "Server is already active for display 0"

Second one says "Job is already running: kdm"
aysiu
January 17th, 2011, 08:52 PM
Then do
sudo service kdm stop
sudo service gdm stop
sudo service kdm start
aysiu
January 17th, 2011, 08:52 PM
Then do
sudo service kdm stop
sudo service gdm stop
sudo service kdm start
Code9
January 17th, 2011, 09:05 PM
I stopped kdm
I tried to stop gdm, it said " unknown instance"
I restarted kdm and it is still displaying the terminal window.

I also tried startx, and it brought me back to my Gnome desktop
Code9
January 17th, 2011, 09:49 PM
I managed to get it to show the desktop, I had to select the user session I think. There is a button to select, I changed it from default to KDE. It worked.
nomiz
January 23rd, 2011, 03:28 PM
Hej guys! What finally worked for me was:

rename my home folder
recreate my home folder (with the right permissions ;))
restart kdm
move all useful folders from my old home folder to the new one

\\:D/
DCdavid
April 5th, 2011, 01:20 AM
Hej guys! What finally worked for me was:

rename my home folder
recreate my home folder (with the right permissions ;))
restart kdm
move all useful folders from my old home folder to the new one

\\:D/


Thank you so much. I was having this problem until I tried this. It's a rather odd solution, does anyone know why this works?