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Re: what happened to KDE?



> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:21:45 -0400
> From: Alex Derkach <aderkach@spymac.com>
> To: Tom Kuiper <tbhk@dsnra.jpl.nasa.gov>
> Cc: cmetzler@speakeasy.net, debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: what happened to KDE?
...
> Why not just make a new /etc/gdm/Sessions/KDE file?
> I've included mine for reference.

That's what I did the last time this happened, but it is no longer an option.
The only kde related command on my system now is /usr/bin/kdetrayproxy

I think the Debian developers have made some policy decision without
announcing it.

Cheers

Tom
> 
> * Tom Kuiper (tbhk@dsnra.jpl.nasa.gov) wrote:
> > > Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:40:34 -0400
> > > From: Chris Metzler <cmetzler@speakeasy.net>
> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > Subject: Re: what happened to KDE?
> > ..
> > > On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:32:37 UTC
> > > Tom Kuiper <tbhk@dsnra.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I few hours ago I upgraded the "unstable" version (2.4.20 kernel) with
> > > > 'dselect' and found that a KDE log-in session was no longer an option.
> > > 
> > > I don't know what you mean by "no longer an option."  You tried to start
> > > up KDE but it crashed?  Your display manager no longer gives you a KDE
> > > choice in some menu?  KDE was de-installed?
> > 
> > Aplogies for my vagueness.  What I meant was that KDE is no longer listed
> > as a session option in gdm log-in window. 
> > 
> > When I accepted the default recommended upgrades, many (but not all)?kde
> > packages were removed.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > I've tried to force it back in but all that did was mess up Gnome a
> > > > little. For example, the upper task bar is gone and the lower is empty. 
> > > > I can probably fix that, but I really want KDE back.  Does anyone have
> > > > any suggestions?
> > > 
> > > I don't know what you mean by "force it back".  You tried to re-install
> > > KDE by hand?  You tried to create a new menu entry in a display manager
> > > for KDE?  
> > 
> > I used dselect to select the missing KDE packages.  Creating a menu entry
> > requires an appropriate entry in /etc/gdm/Sessions for kde, but there isn't
> > one anymore.
> > 
...
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # /etc/gdm/Sessions/KDE
> #
> # global KDE session file, used by gdm
> 
> exec /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/startkde
> 



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