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    PCLinuxOS HELP!

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by eyepwnuall, Oct 9, 2007.

  1. eyepwnuall

    eyepwnuall Notebook Consultant

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    Ok i have had linux for about a year on my laptop and recently installed it on my friends Dell E310 Desktop. After numerous attempts we got WoW installed and i was troubleshooting it in the terminal, adjusting drivers like told to do on PCLinuxOS Wiki, and it like made me stuck in this like weird thing where i log on like i would do in the terminal... ok sorry for rambling my question is how to get back to the KDE desktop? :confused:Is there a command i can use to boot into it? I tried like"RunWM"RunWM.WindowMaker" and etc. but it told me desktop wasn't configured? Idk?
     
    eyepwnuall, Oct 9, 2007
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  2. Paul

    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    You could try "startx"
     
    Paul, Oct 9, 2007
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Basically, you've messed up the configuration of X when you adjusted the drivers. What you need to do is boot up, and then log into the console like you are doing, and then type `cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE`, and then either fix those errors, google for them, or post them here so we can look at them. It would also be helpful if you could post a link to the Wiki you followed, as well as any changes you made to your config files.
     
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  4. eyepwnuall

    eyepwnuall Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for help, but i went Mandriva and decided to not mess with terminals and drivers unless necessary. Thanks again ;)
     
    eyepwnuall, Oct 11, 2007
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