On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote: > Arthur Pemberton wrote: > >> Last time I tried to switch back to nv, i basically couldn't. So if >> that is going to be a suggestion, could some one let me know how to >> disable desktop effects from the command line? KDE simply won't >> startup with nv last time i tried. > > edit ~/.kde/share/config/kwinrc to contain: > [Compositing] > Enabled=false > > (or remove/rename kwinrc) I remamed kwinrc on the guest account, and login still does not work. ----- /var/log//messages ---- Feb 23 14:52:27 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.0 bridge Feb 23 14:52:27 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 14:52:27 Watson kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 14:52:28 Watson acpid: client connected from 4054[0:0] Feb 23 14:55:42 Watson acpid: client connected from 4633[0:0] Feb 23 14:55:43 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.0 bridge Feb 23 14:55:43 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 14:55:43 Watson kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 14:55:43 Watson acpid: client connected from 4633[0:0] Feb 23 14:55:53 Watson acpid: client connected from 4895[0:0] Feb 23 14:55:54 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.0 bridge Feb 23 14:55:54 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 14:55:54 Watson kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 14:55:54 Watson acpid: client connected from 4895[0:0] Feb 23 14:56:00 Watson acpid: client connected from 5191[0:0] Feb 23 14:56:01 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.0 bridge Feb 23 14:56:01 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 14:56:01 Watson kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 14:56:01 Watson acpid: client connected from 5191[0:0] Feb 23 15:00:08 Watson acpid: client connected from 5488[0:0] Feb 23 15:00:09 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.0 bridge Feb 23 15:00:09 Watson kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 15:00:09 Watson kernel: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode Feb 23 15:00:09 Watson acpid: client connected from 5488[0:0] -------------------- -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com )