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Re: [trinity-users] Installed R14.0.1 but no desktop

From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@...>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 08:14:53 +0100
On Monday 18 May 2015 03:21:19 Greg Madden wrote:
> On Sunday 17 May 2015 05:11:20 am Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Sunday 17 May 2015 13:54:02 andre_debian@... wrote:
> > > On Saturday 16 May 2015 10:19:10 Rolf Schmidt wrote:
> > > > Instead start kdesktop try: /etc/init.d/tde-trinity restart.
> > > > It works here
> > > > Rolf
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > "tde-trinity" doesn't exist in "/etc/init.d",
> > > but "/etc/init.d/tdm-trinity".
> > >
> > > > You mean when you killall kdesktop it does not proceed into
> > > > half-working session? Then you probably have a different bug...
> > > >
> > > > Um, no. The bug everyone is having is a deadlock at kdesktop start.
> > > > While various methods of restarting tdm may or may not help depending
> > > > on unknown factors (Slavek have not yet found why the lock is
> > > > happening in the first place), killall -9 kdesktop should work in
> > > > 100% cases (It should get you a working kicker without desktop
> > > > functionality). If in your case killing kdesktop doesnt work it means
> > > > it hangs in a completely different place.
> > >
> > > My booting bug logging stopping is quite the same as the others.
> > > It's not because a solution doesn't work that the bug could be
> > > differrent.
> > >
> > > Do CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE => back to the tdm-trinity or text console,
> > > is an option that I have enabled.
> > >
> > > 1] CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE, logging again,
> > > or
> > > 2] killall Desktop,
> > > or
> > > 3] waiting the password disappears,
> > >
> > > doesn't not solve the problem of the logging aborting,
> > > or sometimes, about one of ten tentatives,
> > > it's not acceptable.
> >
> > We're probably onto English not first language territory again but...
> >
> > André, there is a bug.  You have been told which workarounds work for the
> > bug. The rest of us are using the workarounds for now and the developers
> > are working on finding a solution.  When they find a solution we shall
> > have the patch and we shall not have the problem.  Until then we continue
> > to use the workarounds.
> >
> > That is the situation.  If it is not acceptable, don't accept it.  But
> > either do something about it  yourself or don't.  There is no point in
> > going on and on about it.  We note that you find it unacceptable.  So
> > what then??
> >
> > That is the situation.  Accept it or don't.  Those are the alternatives.
> >
> > Lisi
>
> One more case to round out solutions, my main install is my workstation, it
> runs all the time.

Yes, I thought of suggesting that one!!

Lisi
>
> I also do not use 'kdesktop_lock', it does not  work with my Nvidia card
> drivers from Nvidia ...maybe video related?