Re: kde 3.3.1 on debian testing does not start
Am Freitag, 26. November 2004 15:27 schrieb rec.sea@btopenworld.com:
> On Friday 26 Nov 2004 11:25, Soenke von Stamm wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 26. November 2004 12:26 schrieb rec.sea@btopenworld.com:
> > > I am trying to run kde on a testing machine (debian
> > > testing). Kde is 3.3.1.
> >
> > Um, you should have KDE 3.2.2-1 in testing... 3.3.1 is in unstable.
>
> I apt'd kde 3.3.1 on testing.
So it's a mixed sarge/sid config?
Anyways, that shouldn't be the problem. I was just wondering.
> > Don't know. Have you asked in debian-gnome?
> > OTOH if you temporarily install kdm, does that work?
>
> It is not a gdm specific problem. I have tried kdm and it starts gnome.
...but not kde I guess? Please be a bit more verbose.
> The
> only way I have to start kde properly is to start some low level window
> manager first (for instance Xwindow from gdm)
What's that? XFCE? Fvwm? pure X?
> and then start kde from there
> (startkde).
So you start KDE without kdm then? I don't know how startkde handles it when
another WM is already running.
> Could it be a problem with kwin?
Looks a bit like that.
> How could I start in console instead of gdm / kdm / xdm, so that I can use
> startkde and see the logs?
You can start X by hand with startx, damn I've not been using that so long...
you'll probably have to set kde/startkde as default window manager before
(update-alternatives). Or by an environment variable, was it
X_WINDOW_MANAGER? Sheesh, i'd have to dig through documentation myself for
that.
But I guess this is all not needed as X stdout and -err goes to
~/.xsession-errors.
hope that helps,
Sönke
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