Re: kdm restarts the x server twice and then gives up

["tuxtail@ntlworld.com" <tuxtail@ntlworld.com>]

> So X starts fine? (you wouldn't have an xterm otherwise)

I can start X by running xdm instead of kdm

> But please be more precise: "Both startkde and kde3 do not start kde" is
an 
> absolutely useless statement.

dan@danscomputer:~$ startkde
startkde: Starting up...
ksplash: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol:
FcInit
kdeinit: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol:
FcPatternAddInteger
startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.

dan@danscomputer:~$ kde3    
startkde: Starting up...
ksplash: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol:
FcInit
kdeinit: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol:
FcPatternAddInteger
startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
ksmserver: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol:
FcInit
startkde: Shutting down...
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
startkde: Done.

Both command also cause an xmessage popup saying:
Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.

> If you want a selection like kdm has but you don't want kdm, try wdm
instead

Thanks for the tip unfortunately I can select the session as kde now but
get the "Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation" error :-( 


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