Re: KDEINIT: $DISPLAY not set problem.
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 09:36:13PM -0500, Scott Miller wrote:
> letter. When I log in from the GUI, it seems to be trying to load KDE
> by fails. I have checked the xsession-errors file and I seem to be
> getting a recurring error, KThemeStyle seems to be corrupt. I know its
> not the KDE 3.1.2 program at fault. I know I did something during my
KThemeStyle is one of the KDE's classes, not a program, right.
> attempt to install KDE 3.1.1a and I had to revert to a forced install of
> one of the library files. After that, the install of KDE 3.1.2 seem to
> go without a hitch. That cleared up some other problems I was getting,
Well, forced installing is a very baaad thing. :) It might "solve" one
dependency problem, but usually introduces crashes and "weird" behaviour
at a later time, just as you're experiencing now. If only you knew what
caused problems and was actually forced... What happens if you do this:
execute dselect -> confirm "[S]elect" -> <enter> -> <enter>, now you
should see a list of packages; then <enter> once more. Are you back in
the main menu or is the program complaining about broken dependencies?
If it does, jot it down and let me know, we should be able to sort it
out.
> there. I have only found an xinitrc in /etc/X11/xinit directory.
Try to avoid direct manipulation with that file unless you know what
you are doing. It might look like this, were you to start KDE
automatically after "startx":
#!/bin/sh
# $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
#
# global xinitrc file, used by all X sessions started by xinit (startx)
# invoke global X session script
# . /etc/X11/Xsession
/usr/bin/startkde
> Somehow, I believe that I did something to screw up the Xserver install.
> I may have to remove and reinstall Xserver to correct the problem. I am
It's got nothing to do with actual X server. Unless we find&repair those
screwed dependencies, reinstall just KDE (and QT3 just to make sure). It
is hard to provide you with a better solution without hands-on access :(
Good luck,
Dave
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