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> I am using RedHat Linux 7.1, kernel 2.4.7-10. I believe this distribution
> came with XFree86 4.01.00 (not sure), which did not support my video chip,
> an Intel 82845G.

> I downloaded and updated the XFree86 server to 4.3.0, and installed it
> on top of the existing "/usr/X11R6" as per the instructions. Had to tweak
> a lot of things, but finally got it working.

> Problem is, when I run "init 5" to go to the X-based login prompt, any
> user who logs in will get the bare desktop provided by the X server itself
> (I guess), which only displays an XTerm and a log console. The KDE window
> manager (is that what it's called?) does not start, so I don't get the
> menus and desktop settings I had before.

> More strangely, if from init state 3 (multi-user text), I log on as
> "root" and run "startx", KDE does start. But from init 3 as any other
> user, running "startx" fails to start KDE. How do I tell the X-server to
> recognize the presence of KDE every time the former starts?

> > I am using RedHat Linux 7.1, kernel 2.4.7-10. I believe this
distribution
> > came with XFree86 4.01.00 (not sure), which did not support my video
chip,
> > an Intel 82845G.

> > I downloaded and updated the XFree86 server to 4.3.0, and installed it
> > on top of the existing "/usr/X11R6" as per the instructions. Had to
tweak
> > a lot of things, but finally got it working.

> > Problem is, when I run "init 5" to go to the X-based login prompt, any
> > user who logs in will get the bare desktop provided by the X server
itself
> > (I guess), which only displays an XTerm and a log console. The KDE
window
> > manager (is that what it's called?) does not start, so I don't get the
> > menus and desktop settings I had before.

> > More strangely, if from init state 3 (multi-user text), I log on as
> > "root" and run "startx", KDE does start. But from init 3 as any other
> > user, running "startx" fails to start KDE. How do I tell the X-server to
> > recognize the presence of KDE every time the former starts?
> Depending on the way X is started a variety of files may be used
> to get the initial configuration. Some of these files reside in
> /etc/X11 and its sub-directories. Check these. For users, check
> ~/.Xclients-default, ~/.xsession and ~/.xinitrc. It seems that
> when you uppgraded, you overwrote the configurations in /etc/X11.

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