Silly things that I do

Remember now:

ctrl+alt+backspace will restart X

ctrl +shift + backspace will clear your private firefox data.

don’t mistake the two, it could result in a widespread emberassment.

Dear lazywebs: how to start/fix KDE?

First of all: a big THANKS to everyone who talked to me regarding my last ‘Dear lazywebs’ post. Now I have a new issue i can’t solve.

I have an ibook g4 machine running Debian Lenny PPC. Mainly I use it as a backup system for files, etc. My issue seems to be that I cant start KDE.

’startx’ goes to a gray screen, and I can see the general outline for my mouse, but not much more than that, and the system doesn’t boot beyond there. The same goes for trying ‘X’ in a bash shell.

I would like to fix this, and/or provide more information and what is going on inside the system, but I dont even *know* how to start to diagnose this issue. KDE has treated me so well, it is not often that I need to fix anything in it.

Thanks!

-eddie m.