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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: Startkde
From:       christopher j bottaro <cjb () cs ! utexas ! edu>
Date:       2000-12-15 2:19:30
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you need to start your x server first.  you do that by typing "startx".  
startx reads a file called xinitrc, or xsession, or xclients (refer to the 
man pages for startx to see which file it reads on your system, i use 
redhat6.1 and my xstart reads /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, yours prolly reads 
something different).  once you find the file that xstart reads, scroll to 
bottom where it invokes some kind of window manager (look for a line that has 
exec twm, exec fwvm, or exec gnome-session), and replace that line with exec 
startkde.  once you do all that, just type startx at the console...=)

hope that helps, i'm really new to linux also, just installed it 3 weeks ago, 
took a week to learn basic commands, basic shell commands, and vim.  keep on 
the mailing list and hopefully we can learn some stuff together...

christopher

On Thursday 14 December 2000 17:35, Matt Miller wrote:
> I am very new to Linux and KDE2 as well. I am currently running Debian
> (potato) 2.2.17. I have successfully installed all the KDE2
> libs,basefiles,etc..but when I attempt to launch KDE by invoking startkde,
> I
>
> get the following errors:
> >> xsetroot: unable to open display ''
> >> xset: unable to open display ""
> >> xset: unable to open display ""
> >> xset: unable to open display ""
> >> ksplash: cannot connect to X server
> >> Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set.
> >> ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Can't determine DISPLAY.
> >> Aborting.
> >> ksmserver: cannot connect to X server
> >> ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Can't determine DISPLAY.
> >> Aborting.
>
> I am assuming that I need a script file in my home directory, but (stupid
> me) I can't seem to figure out the name or parameters. Please help.
> Thanks!
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