Where are the logs (Desktop(?) Problem)

[Justin Denick]

There may be some stale lock file in the /tmp or in the /var/lock dir.

You would be able to see them better by trying to start kde from the CLI

Hit CTRL+ALT+F1 to get to a command prompt, and then type startkde and see
what happens

On 4/10/07, Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon at decoulon.ch> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This morning I had a sudden electric interruption and when my mail machine
> (running Mepis Linux / Ubuntu basis) "recovered", I only had a blue screen
> (because I have a blue wallpaper).
> Now I've checked the file systems, but tthe problem remains: the system
> starts
> fine, until KDE starts, it then remains stuck a long time
> saying "initializing peripherals", and then loads the blue screen, totaly
> empty and reactig to nothing.
>
> I first thought some configuration files had been damaged, but this also
> happens if log in as root, so the problem is deeper...
>
> It's not such a problem, because I was in the process of transferring my
> system to OpenSuSE but i?d like to find the logs to understand what went
> broke. However I don't find them, so I guess I'm not searching the right
> place.
>
> Thierry
>
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