Re: More installation problems - partial success

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 06:53, Phil <[email protected]> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Beard" <jdbeard-kTz99GpLsC/[email protected]>
> To: <expert-4qZELD6FgxheH41UXmfQsti2O/[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Expert] More installation problems
>
>
>> On 09/14/2011 01:51 AM, Phil wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you for your patience,
>>>
>>> I was able log in by adding nomodeset to the kernel options. I
>>> even managed to install the latest updates plus a couple of
>>> applications. The problem is that I cannot log in again and this
>>> is what happens:
>>>
>>> 1. Log in screen - enter password
>>>
>>> 2. Dialog box reads "you are attempting to run drak3D" etc -
>>> enter password again
>>>
>>> 3. 3D Dialog box asks for effects option - select none
>>>
>>> 4. Another dialog box. "You need to log out" etc - press OK
>>>
>>> This takes me back to step 1. How can I break out of this loop?
>>
>
> Thanks Jim, Alex and Brian for your replies,
>
>> First, as a preliminary, in file /etc/inittab change the line that reads
>> id:5:initdefault: to read id:3:initdefault:
>>
>
> id3 is already set as the default and startx KDE4 fails because a session is
> already running.

mandriva uses systemd·
see "changing runlevels" here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SysVinit_to_Systemd_Cheatsheet

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wbr, alexander barakin aka sash-kan.