KDE Installation Woes!

[lineker]

[c] I have issues with KDE freezing up post-installation.

I am new to Kubuntu, not Linux/Unix. Have installed & used Mandrake/Gentoo/Fedora/Solaris-x86 & Sparc for a while now.

My System specs:
- Kubuntu (no dual boot); Setup using the AMD64 Alt CD (the Live CD and the i386 did not work)
- Abit KV-85 w/ AMD Sempron 3000+, 1GB DDR
- 160GB HDD, nVIDIA GeForce MX4000 AGP 8X
- 20" Widescreen LCD connected via VGA (get kernel panics if I use the DVI connector)

I can't get to the system or X logs since KDE freezes up at the User Login screen -OR- immediately after
the User desktop appears (sometimes the User login goes thru).

Couple of questions:
1. Is there a way I can boot to a console prompt to get to the logs?
2. Anyone else seeing such issues?

From all I hear/read, Kubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution and I would like to move my
desktop into this realm.

Any help and/or advice is much appreciated. Thanks in advance,

- Raj.

[otisklt]

Re: KDE Installation Woes!

Grub should be supplying you with the recovery option which will boot into root console mode

[lineker]

Re: KDE Installation Woes!

I hang my head in shame ... it seems that the DDR modules I used were dual-density and caused these issues (I got them from a friend). I put in the some new memory and its running without any hiccups so far.

Kubuntu Looks great!!! I apologize if I have wasted your time, but after spending 4 days I did not know where else to go for help