I use RHEL 5.5, and when I uninstalled a certain software (openldap) which was installed along with RHEL, the linus only boots to a command line mode, no KDE.

When I type "startx", I get the following message:

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xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.5221

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 i686 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux myDomainName 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5PAE
#1 SMP Fri Oct 29 14:28:58 EDT 2010 i686
Build Date: 01 September 2010
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.76.el5_5.2
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        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 30 09:02:58 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(WW) MGA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xd9e00000,0x1f0000)
(WW) MGA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xd9c00000,0x3f0000)
(WW) MGA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xd9800000,0x7f0000)
(WW) MGA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xd9e00000,0x1f0000)
(WW) MGA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xd9c00000,0x3f0000)
(WW) MGA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xd9800000,0x7f0000)
(EE) MGA(0): [drm] Direct rendering only supported with G200/G400/G450/G550.
localuser:root being added to access control list
Smart Common Input Method 1.4.4

Launching a SCIM daemon with Socket FrontEnd...
Loading simple Config module ...
Creating backend ...
Reading pinyin phrase lib failed
Loading socket FrontEnd module ...
Starting SCIM as daemon ...
Launching a SCIM process with x11...
Loading socket Config module ...
Creating backend ...
Loading x11 FrontEnd module ...
GTK Panel of SCIM 1.4.4

Starting SCIM as daemon ...
SCIM has been successfully launched.

Nothing happens from that point on...

When I type "kdm", the message is:
command not found

What is happening here? Can someone point me to a solution?

My yum update also give me nothing: it says:
Loaded plugins: security
Skipping security plugin, no data
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update

Thank you for reading my post.

as kdm is not found I would check and see if the kdm rpm package (whatever it might be) is installed, if not - install it, if installed - reinstall it. Not familiar with Redhat but if you're running 5.5 then you're running kde3.x?

relevant rpm in rhel kde4 should be kdebase4 & kde4-kdm, in kde3.x just kdebase ? Yum should have a search function that will identify the correct rpm(s).

google01103,
Thanks for the advice.

My yum update, and others were not set properly-- in a way disfunctional, so I decided to reinstall everything. With my new reinstallation, because I don't want to go through this all over again, I will leave the openldap alone, and install another openldap that I can download in another location.