Re: [SLE] SuSE freezes after KDE login.

From: Jerry Feldman (gerald.feldman_at_hp.com)
Date: 01/31/05

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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:48:07 -0500

    On Monday 31 January 2005 13:18, Dan wrote:
    > Ken Schneider wrote:

    > >Instead of issuing init5 use startx instead.
    >
    > Thanks. I will try that in the future.
    > When I am in KDE and want to shut that down to free up memory, what
    > should issue, telinit 3 ?
    This should do it.
    init 3 (or telinit 3) sets the system to run level 3. All the GUI processes
    should be stopped.
    Alternatively you can specify run level 3 when booting the system. This will
    boot into run level 3. You can use YaST/Hardware/Graphics Card and Monitor
    to set your system to boot in text mode, or simply edit /etc/inittab:
    # The default runlevel is defined here
    id:5:initdefault:
        ^
        +-----> default run level
    Change the default run level to 3.

    While in run level 3, you can easily run startx to bring up kde (or gnome).

    One caveat with any GUI, is that the GUI likes to own the keyboard and
    mouse. If it somehow hangs, you might have difficulty killing it, even
    using ctrl-alt-backspace. Sometimes, I simply log in through my network
    and kill the GUI.

    If KDE always hangs on you, the problem could be your graphics card
    configuration. Try to run sax2 (or YaST/Hardware/Graphics Card and Monitor)
    to rewrite yourXF86Config file. Then test it via the startx command. You
    can use startx to try GNOME also.

    Also, if you are upgrading from an old version of KDE, your local
    configuration may be messed up. I had that happen when I had a dual boot
    KDE2 and KDE3 system. I just blew away my .kde directory and .kderc file.. 

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