Re: Install kde-desktop on existing debian install
On 09/10/11 04:20, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Please, people... when you cite any document/source that you've found on
>> Internet also put the link you are referring to, so we can check ;-)
>
> I did intend to include that but forgot it in the end.
>
> http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde3.html
>
> Note is says but kde3 but its really up to 4.4 on the page cited.
>
> I found better advice here:
> http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde4.html
>
> But so far having a poor experience with KDE. When I get logged in
> there are no menus/panels or anything other than a black screen.
>
> I got an xterm running because I had some key combos using xbindkeys.
>
> Anything I start slams up into the top right corner. The title bar is
> just out of reach so it cannot be moved. If I open something else,
> then it slams into the right corner.
>
> When I did aptitude install kde-full there were dozens of pkgs
> installed and maybe 12-20 removed. Installs came to over 100 and yet
> with all that muck installed KDE will not start and run normally.
>
> So I'm back in fluxbox wondering what to do about it all. I didn't
> really want to tackle a whole lot of huffing and puffing. Someone
> told me you could zoom into your screen and there by end up with a
> large pannable space to work in.
>
> So far its just a silly non-working mess. I'm now wondering how to
> get rid of all the useless junk that got installed.
>
> None of it will be usable on a desktop that piles everything in the top
> left corner and renders it non-movable... means you can only see one
> app at a time
>
>
*Don't stress - this is easily, and simply, fixed*
kde-desktop is a small part of the KDE Desktop Environment.
Please post:-
/etc/apt/sources.list
the output of:-
dpkg --get-selections
Cheers
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