Re: apt-getting KDE 2.1 breaks startx
Try creating an .xsession file in your home directory containing this line:
exec /usr/bin/kde2
On Thursday 01 March 2001 1:45 am, Ross Smith wrote:
> I recently installed Debian potato and apt-getted helix-gnome.
>
> Everything was working fine.
>
> Since I heard about KDE 2.1, and I prefer to use KDE, I did:
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> apt-get install kdebase task-kde
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> from
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> deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main crypto optional qt1apps
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> The install worked fine, but now when I type
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> startx
>
> it starts up, and then immediately returns to a $ prompt.
>
> I can't find an error log anywhere. Nothing.
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> I didn't even set KDE to be my default window manager.
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> Without an error log, I don't have a clue how to fix this.
>
> If I run vncserver, and connect from my windoze box, KDE appears, but a
> crash dialog is evident, so clicking on any icon does nothing.
>
> If someone could provide an idea of how to fix this, I'd be very grateful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ross
> Dell Dimension 300
> STB Velocity 128 4M
> Debian 2.2r2
> XFree86 3.3.6 (?)
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