install problems

[y2k98]

i just installed and everyhting worked fine, i restarted and all i get is a mouse on a screen, if i press ctrl + alt + f1 i can login, startx and browse to its ip and login, but ctrl + alt + f11 its just a mouse please help

[Live_gdp]

I have the same problem, black screen with mouse. I'm using UI1 and the vesa drivers.

[jester]

You might have the same issues as described in this post: http://forum.linuxmce.com/index.php?topic=1630.0
Also a workaround is given.

[sharlee_angelo]

i saw a similar problem and i solved it by renaming kdm.saved in /etc/init.d to kdm.

[jester]

@sharlee_angelo: have you got wiki edit rights? An update of the known issues in the wiki might be handy for others

[y2k98]

i saw a similar problem and i solved it by renaming kdm.saved in /etc/init.d to kdm.

madmin@dcerouter:/etc/init.d$ ls k*  -la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  493 2006-09-22 11:53 keyboard-setup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  944 2006-10-06 07:34 killprocs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1928 2006-10-06 09:46 klogd


i dont have a file called kdm or kdm.saved

[y2k98]

problem solved! used http://forum.linuxmce.com/index.php?topic=1310.0 as the solution