On Thursday 03 June 2004 08:44 pm, 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: > > xset: unable to open display > xsetwin[??]: unable to open display > > kwin: unable to connect X server > kpersonalize[??]: unable to connect to X server > > (Sorry that I don't have the exact error messages, just the notes that > I scrawled down.) > > After some googling I found that xserver-xfree86 was not installed. I > put that in and did a apt-get dist-upgrade just to be sure. > Everything was fine but no kde and same errors. I did a > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 which gave me a lot of dialogs that I > hadn't seen before, but I still cannot start kde. > > Can anyone give me any ideas what to pursue here? It's a bit > difficult because I'm dual-booting, so without kde or any other gui, I > can't get online to browse for answers (except for lynx, which I can > use for a bit, but I'm pretty spoiled on having firefox open with a > dozen tabs with different solutions...). Again, my apologies if I > just need to RTFM. If someone could point me to the correct FM I'd > really appreciate it! > > Thanks.
I see that you need xserver-common and xfree86-common. ( I think that's correct - they are both installed on my box). Try those and see... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
