Re: trouble installing kde
On Thursday 03 June 2004 09:50 pm, Ignatz Sol wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:33:44 -0700, Mike Chandler
>
> <mailmanmike@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 June 2004 09:28 pm, Ignatz Sol wrote:
> > > On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 23:04:30 -0500, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> > > > Ignatz Sol wrote:
> > > > >I'm sure that I'm just suffering from newbitis and I apologize. I'm
> > > > >trying to install kde on sarge. I have done apt-get kde. I have
> > > > > the first 4 cds and everything installed with no problem and only a
> > > > > few items required to download. When I tried startkde I got
> > > > > something like:
> > > >
> > > > [errors]
> > > >
> > > > Try something other than KDE to get started.
> > > >
> > > > "apt-get install icewm"
> > > > then create/edit ~/.xinitrc and put the single line "icewm" in and
> > > > then "startx".
> > > >
> > > > If that doesn't work, the problem is with X, not KDE.
> > > >
> > > > If that does work, then try installing KDE; "apt-get install kde".
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Kent
> > >
> > > I just found on the kde site that you are not supposed to start kde
> > > with the command "startkde". You are supposed to start it with
> > > "startx" and edit ~/.xinitrc to say "startkde". This did seem to do
> > > something and the screen blanked and tried to start, but then came
> > > back to terminal with some X errors. It was a screenfull and I didn't
> > > write them down. Is there a way to copy text in the console?
> > >
> > > So I'm thinking that it's a problem with X. I will go back and try
> > > icewm and see what happens. If it is a problem with X, how the heck
> > > do I diagnose it? Where do I start?
> >
> > I believe you need to reconfigure your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.
> > If you use an nvidia video card, make sure the driver listed is 'nv' (or
> > maybe 'vesa', they have both worked for me in the past.
> > If you have another brand, I can't help.
>
> SOLVED! I needed to apt-get install x-window-system-core. I was
> missing the xfonts I think, at least that what the main failure was
> when I was trying to start KDE. Whew! I must have done that the hard
> way... But it's working great now and I've got a beautiful KDE
> desktop.
>
> I think that the problem was trying to install kde with apt-get. I
> thought going in that "apt-get install kde" would do the work for me.
> I didn't really want to install the whole desktop environment package
> with Gnome and all from Aptitude. But obviously apt-get doesn't take
> care of everything for you.
>
> In summary, I think that you could get kde running with the following:
>
> apt-get install kde kdm xserver-xfree86 x-window-system-core
>
> And I don't think I went past cd 3 of the set. I did have to download
> a few things, but really almost nothing...
>
> Hooray! Thanks for all the help!
Great!
Question, when you were doing the install, did you not have a chance to run
'tasksel'?
Cuz if you did, it could have set that all up for you.
Just curious.
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