Re: trouble installing kde
On Thursday 03 June 2004 10:27 pm, Ignatz Sol wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:56:15 -0700, Mike Chandler
>
> <mailmanmike@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Well, it was my understanding that running the install for "Desktop
> Environment" from tasksel would install Gnome and KDE and I thought,
> being a newb, that it would be simpler to not do it that way as I
> don't want Gnome... Now I see that it would have been easier to do it
> all with aptitude or tasksel and then simply remove Gnome if I indeed
> did not want it...
Got it. You are right, it will do that.:)
You taught me something, thanks.
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