On Wednesday 14 January 2009 22:32:30 Graham Todd wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:13:43 -0600 > > Hans Muecke <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Well ... I'm not shure this applies to my case. I didn't change any > > resolution related stuff. I did a normal shutdown in the morning and > > after turning the machine on again in the eve, KDE4 did the > > "black-screen-go-to-start-thing". KDE3 is working, so I am assuming I > > am missing a certain config file ... > > [snipped] > > I have the same trouble and I'm sure its a bug with KDE 4.x > > When I run the live edition of Kubuntu 8.10 that contains KDE 4.1 on an > amd64 machine with a nvidia graphics card, it runs OK and I see the KDE > 4 desktop (with plasmoids). However, if I install the live cd to my > hard drive and run it, I get the login screen, then I get a white > screen which shortly afterwards turns black with a large rectangle in > the middle that is VERY dark grey. It is at that point all activity > ceases with the hard drive. > > This does not happen with KDE 3.5.x, Gnome 2.0, or Enlightenment E17, > so I do not see why it should occur with KDE 4.x installs. I have > tried a number of things suggested by the kubuntu-users list without > success, but I have not yet tried renaming ~/.kde file to ~/.kde_old > and then installing KDE, so that's the next thing to try. If you rename ~/.kde you do not need to reinstall kde. It will automatically be re-created by restarting your login. > However, I > certainly think this is something that the KDE developers should have > forseen, as other desktop/window manager developers seem to have done. I think this is a misunderstanding. Other desktops/window managers are not using the same parts of the X driver - there are parts that have been virtually untested until now. This is new ground. However, there are workarounds for most hardware situations that should get you sorted. I would have thought that the *buntu lists were your best bet, otherwise it's just google to find a case most similar to yours, I'm afraid. Anne
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