Re: KDE -- broken
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 11:05:43PM -0700, harke wrote:
> I just recently did an apt-get upgrade to
> pick the recent changes to etch. I thought it would also
> be a good time to install KDE. This has turned out to be
> a nightmare. apt-get install kde brought lots of apps
> but didn't cause kde to run. Later I did apt-get install kdm
> but that didn't do it either. I tweaked the files in
> rc3.d to bring up kdm but that didn't work. It does run kdm
> but it still runs gnome. My latest ploy was to add
> an .xsession file with exec startkde in my home directory.
> This does indeed get kde to run but it seems badly broken.
> initially, the taskbar extended off the screen on both ends.
> By tweaking, I got a usable taskbar but hardly pretty. but
> application come up with an unreasonable size or partially
> off-screen. And then they don't function correctly. (Example:
> back button in firefox needs multiple clicks to go back one
> page)
>
> KDE on my x86 machine works fine so what should I do?
file bugs? http://bugs.debian.org
fwiw, I run kde in vnc on an ia64/sid box and haven't had any issues
with it.
> machine is HP Z2000 running debian etch
>
> Richard Harke
>
>
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dann frazier
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