On Thursday 03 June 2004 10:27 pm, Ignatz Sol wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:56:15 -0700, Mike Chandler > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 03 June 2004 09:50 pm, Ignatz Sol wrote: > > > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:33:44 -0700, Mike Chandler > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thursday 03 June 2004 09:28 pm, Ignatz Sol wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 23:04:30 -0500, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
