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DarkLazarus
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 Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:43 pm Post subject: Problems with kde-3.2.1 install |
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I am a relatively new n00b to Gentoo and the forums have been very helpful in the past for me. This is my second time installing gentoo from stage 1 on a machine but my first time installing with KDE. I have in the past been using Mandrake and have now switched over to gentoo.
My problem is this, after installing and configuring X I then installed and attempted to configure kde. I followed the instruction set (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml) to a T and find that although I have the kdm log in screen, after I log in I have an ugly xterm window with no borders and no ability to even type in it. I can move the mouse over the window but still can't type. I ran emerge -s kde and it confirms that it had been placed on the computer. Other than this I know no other way to check if the install was fine.
I installed Gentoo over my mandrake install while leaving my home partition alone. I had to change the user numbers to allow access to the original home directories and when creating the user accounts I did not allow the creation of a home directory.
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[::Shansa::]
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Go for the last line of the file /etc/rc.conf and change it so it reads
| Code: | | XSESSION="kde-3.2.1" |
Now, enjoy the finest DE there is  |
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DarkLazarus
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| [::Shansa::] wrote: | Go for the last line of the file /etc/rc.conf and change it so it reads
| Code: | | XSESSION="kde-3.2.1" |
Now, enjoy the finest DE there is :) |
I did do that as I was following the documentation. I was also told to add kdm to the displaymanager line and add xdm with rc-update. I have also noticed that typing kdm at the prompt does not start the login manager as the docs claim.
thanks for the quick response
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YopWongSapn
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I did do that as I was following the documentation.
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Did you make sure the XSESSION line was not commented?
| Code: | XSESSION="kde-3.2.1"
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#XSESSION="kde-3.2.1"
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This happened to me and it took me forever to figure out what was wrong.
The only other thing I can think of is to check your version of kde, make sure that 3.2.1 is the version that was actually merged. The rc.conf file is extremely picky about version numbers with kde.
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gmarceau
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:38 am Post subject: |
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I just checked Kathryn's computer. Everything seems alright. I'm rather puzzled.
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-- 189 purgatory:/etc > cat rc.conf | grep XSESSION=
XSESSION="kde-3.2.1"
-- 191 purgatory:/etc > ls /etc/X11/Sessions/ -l
total 8
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2187 Mar 14 20:46 Xsession
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36 Mar 15 04:55 kde-3.2.1
-- 192 purgatory:/etc > cat /etc/X11/Sessions/kde-3.2.1
#!/bin/sh
/usr/kde/3.2/bin/startkde
-- 194 purgatory:/etc > ls /usr/kde/3.2/bin/startkde -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7695 Mar 15 04:55 /usr/kde/3.2/bin/startkde
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In fact, kdm lets me log in. I get a black turcoise background, a mouse, an xterm, and nothing else. There is no window manager running (there is no frames around the xterm), and I cannot focus the xterm (which is odd). However, I can drop to a text console, and manually start kde:
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<CTRL-ALT-F1>
export DISPLAY=:0 /usr/kde/3.2/bin/startkde
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At which points everything comes alive, and kde works as it should.
Finally, if I change the display manager to xdm (in rc.conf), login works as it should, and kde starts automatically. So, the missing link seems to be between kdm and rc.conf. Everything else seems to be in place. |
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