Linux mint 13 kde x server problem

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10tacl3

Linux mint 13 kde x server problem

Post by 10tacl3 »

Hello, I'm using Linux mint 13 KDE and after i upgraded to kde 4.10, before the graphical login screen i have a text one and i have to type "sudo startx" from there to start my desktop....why isn't it automatically anymore? how can i fix it? Thanks in advance!

P.S I should mention that one time starts using graphical interface and another time using text
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10tacl3

Re: Linux mint 13 kde x server problem

Post by 10tacl3 »

i don't know why do they say this is a great community, i look at other user topics and it's about the same...well, good luck everyone!
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Re: Linux mint 13 kde x server problem

Post by jazz.h »

Hi!
This happened to me too, today. I wrote about it here -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 12#p687748
Did you find the solution for startx to start automatically?
Other than that, does KDE 4.10 runs ok for your Mint13KDE? I didn't encounter a single problem, besides startx...
Siarra

Re: Linux mint 13 kde x server problem

Post by Siarra »

Same issue here. It seems to be related to the Nvidia drivers. When I purged Nvidia drivers x was loading properly (obviously without all eye candy 3D effects and stuff). What i did already:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
No errors at all, reboot and bang. X is not loading and stops on command line tty1. When I logged in I couldn't run 'sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start' because it looks like something is actually loaded. The workaround is to run:
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
then after
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start
After that the X and KDE 4.10 is loading and everything is working flowlessly.

Any ideas how to fix it?

I already tried to install couple of different versions of Nvidia drivers but it doesn't change anything.
Siarra

Re: Linux mint 13 kde x server problem

Post by Siarra »

I found the solution here http://askubuntu.com/questions/37084/nv ... not-in-use
I was just missing kernel headers after kernel upgrade.
So steps to resolve were:

Install the kernel headers for my version of kernel
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.2xxxxxx
sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.2xxxxxx
I used synaptic as they were all listed there ;)
then
ctrl+alt+f1 and log in to the console
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get -f install (just in case)
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (just in case again)
sudo reboot
ctrl+alt+f1 and log in to the console
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-experimental-310 nvidia-settings-experimental-310 kde-full
sudo reboot

Issue resolved ;) KDE 4.10 loading perfectly :)

Best of luck to all KDE fans :)
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