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On Thursday 17 June 2004 23:36, Brett Wiggins wrote:
> hello,
>       I am having some problems with startkde. I have looked through
> the mailing list archive and the handbook and am still stuck. I set up
> my machine to run KDE as per the handbook chapter on the X window
> system. When I type startx KDE runs fine, when I type startkde I get
> the following output;

Brett,

startkde isn't working, because X11 has not be started yet, so there are no=
=20
sessions for it to connect to.    This is, iirc, the normal behavior. =20
Generally, people could start a generic x session and run startkde from an=
=20
xterm in that session.  Having an "exec startkde" in your .xinitrc file jus=
t=20
basically does this for you.

As far as your other problem, we'd need more information about your setup. =
=20
What did you do/not do to get kdm working.

Give us the info and we should be able to help you.
=2D-=20
Eric F Crist

Keep your pecker hard and your powder dry, and the world WILL turn.

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