kde 3.1 won't start

[piusvii]

I couldn't find an answer for this searching. I did a fresh install 1.4_rc2 and emerged KDE 3.1 successfully. Ran xf86config (seemed to go ok). I have to manually start xfs and then if I type startx a really ugly windowing system does come up. When I type startkde, I get errors about opening the display. I tried typing xhost + but it didn't help. Any pointers to more info? Thx

[ender wiggin]

Are you running startkde after you run startx ( within an xconsole)? startkde is meant to be run without X running and it will start X (and KDE) for you. Alternatively, if you want a graphical login, try this:

[sepp2k]

startkde does NOT start X. just write exec startkde in you ~/.xinitrc and KDE will be started when you type startx

[ender wiggin]

Sorry - you're right. Either sepp2k's .xinitrc option or the kdm option should work.
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[hhaamu]

[piusvii]

Thanks guys, but my problem is that KDE doesn't start. Without X running first, when I type startkde, it gives me errors about finding and opening the display. I don't want to have it start up by default until/unless I can get this sorted out. Thanks.

[graphrez]

The problem is that there is no problem.

X sets up the display that KDE is complaining about not finding. So you need to have X running first. If you want to test your kde installation before setting it to start automaticly, then I suggest the following.

$cp ~/.xinitrc ~/.xinitrc-orig
$echo "exec xterm &" > ~/.xinitrc
$xinit

running xinit will start X and the "xterm" will start up a terminal window inside X. Now all you have to do is type "startkde" and watch it all load.
If you have a problem:

$cp ~/.xinitrc-orig ~/.xinitrc