Ben Measures wrote:
> James wrote:
>
>> Ben Measures wrote:
>>
>>> James wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I got KDE running on Gentoo. Konqueer works, but, I have one small
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> When I firt up a terminal window, I do
>>>> not get the shell prompt.
>>>>
>>>> I can use the web, and type stuff in, and the mouse works fine.
>>>> Somehow the
>>>> login session does not automatically
>>>> give me my shell promt to my home directory.
>>>>
>>>> I'm able to use the mouse and keyboard
>>>> to configure kde, just no shell prompt
>>>> in the windows/terminals....?
>>>>
>>>> Ideas on this one?
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps this might work:
>>> # usermod -s /bin/bash username
>>>
>>> Where 'username' is the name of the user (duh!). It just
>>> (re)specifies the shell to use for that user.
>>>
>>
>> I tried
>>
>> usermod -s /bin/bash james
>> <as root> and it made no differect
>>
>> Besides /etc/passwd shows:
>> james:x:1000:100::/home/james:/bin/bash
>> so it knows the shell to use for default
>>
>> I even tried:
>> james:x:1000:100:james:/home/james:/bin/bash
>> and exited and logged back in and started X again, to no avail...
>>
>> This is bizzare, maybe I'll check on
>> a kde group, as I've never seen this before, and I've run kde on redhead,
>> OBSD and Debian, with no troubles....
>>
>> James
>>
>
> If you press <ctl> + <alt> + <f1> are you able to login at the prompt?
>

NO, it tells me
'kdecore(Xprocess): Warning: Can't open
a pseudo teletype'

However, <ctl> + <alt> + <f2> does give
me a login prompt, which allows full
shell access.

Note: I had X11(kde 3.2.1) running when
I did this....

James