Kde problems after install

8688 · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

After installing kde i get a sort of desktop thing, which has most of the screen a console, and two consoles on the right and a clock. I think the resolution it wrong, because the bottom half of the console looks chopped off.

This happened the first time i did this, and i was doing all the installation stuff according to the kde installation page(mostly).

Acording to this it should come up with a personal customiser thingy which allows u to set appearance after the first startup. If i made a mistake, is there a way to start from the begining or something?(this is my first linux install). Linux works fine i got a 2.4 kernel off a 2004.2 cd.

kernelsensei · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:23 am Post subject:

Hi,

How did you try to start kde ? which command exactly ? how is your /etc/rc.conf configured ?

and please, don't shout ...

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8688 · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

sory i havent used this forum be4 , i thought the text was too small lol

8688 · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

ok i think i know wats rong. I put for the start upd desktop thing "kde" by itself, but i need to put the version installed, dont i?

I did emerge kdebase ( think ) so is there a way to check wat i hav emerged?

and wat version would kdebase hav installed?

kernelsensei · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:39 am Post subject:

8688 · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

slightly better now... i started up withthe xdm command instead and it has a old style startup with the login. After typing in my details...

it then asks u wat session to start with but sine the mouse doesnt work (this is a laptop but the mouse worked with the livecd) i cant choose anything.

btw i am 13 years old so that might be the reason i cant get this stuff working...

anyway as my question before said, if i typed

emerge kdebase

wat version of kde would it install?

i hav no idea wat emerge really does (i know it downloads something from the net, then installs it, then does some other stuff but i am new so ....)

sorry for being so much trouble.

(edit: Im not sure if i mentioned it b4 but all the graphics look really crappy compared to wat kde 3. something or other {i used a knoppix cd once} so hmmm)

Venceremos · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:36 am Post subject: