[colug-432] Boot Problem

[Stephen P. Molnar]

Thanks for the reply.  No, it isn't a laptop, rather a tower.  However, 
the motherboard has been in continuous service since February 2005, so I 
suppose that the battery might need replacing.

On 01/11/2012 08:51 AM, Edward Dunagin wrote:
> Is this a Laptop? I had a simure problem that turned out to be a bad
> battery. You might try disconnecting your battery.
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> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Stephen P. Molnar
> <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
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>> 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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