[colug-432] Boot Problem

[Edward Dunagin]

Is this a Laptop? I had a simure problem that turned out to be a bad
battery. You might try disconnecting your battery.
Edward Dunagin-Dunigan
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Stephen P. Molnar
<s.molnar at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 01/09/2012 05:27 PM, Brian Miller wrote:
>
> On 01/08/2012 02:48 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
>
>
> openSUSE 12.1 64 bit OS KDE3/4 Desktop
> I had shut down the computer to change some plugins on the back panel.
> When I restarted the computer the boot went well until the point where I
> had to log in. At this point rather than a boot screen that gave me a
> choice of window managers I was presented witn a plain gray screen with
> a box for the user which closed when I input the user name and opened a
> new box for the password. Also now there is a console window in the
> lower left corner of the plash screen with the message:
>
>
> Normally when you get to the point where it asks for a user name, there
> should be some kind of drop-down selection where you can select what
> desktop you want:  KDE, Gnome, LXDE, iceWM, etc.  You should select this
> BEFORE typing your name.
> If that drop-down choice is gone, then you should be able to edit
> /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager.  Near the top of the file will be a line:
> DEFAULT_WM="lxde", except your system likely won't say lxde.  Change it
> from whatever it did say to "KDE", or maybe "KDE4".
> If that doesn't work (maybe it already says "KDE", then look in your
> home directory.  There should be a .kde and .kde4 directory (note the
> dot at the beginning of the directory name).  If you rename those, and
> log back in, you should be back to where you started.
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> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I tired commenting out .kde and kde4 as per your suggestion.  i got the same
> resuls, a login screen that did not give me any drop down choices.
>
> What I want to do is change the login screen via Personal Settings/Login
> Screen, but wnen I click on Apply I get an error:
>
>     Unable to authenticate the action.
>
> If I log on as Root I no longer have a menu item for Personal Settings.
>
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