[ale] KDE 2.0 on RedHat 7.0

[Kyle Beckman]

I've punted RH7 and gone back to RH6.2, but I'm pretty sure I remember that 
the documentation for installing KDE2 still wants you to use startx.  By 
default, it will, of course start Gnome on a Red Hat system.  Create a text 
file named .xinitrc (in your home directory) and put startkde2 on the first 
line of the text file.  Just type startx and that should start KDE2.  
(Please note:  this is based on the downloadable ISO's and the pre-release 
version of KDE2 that is in RPM form on those two CD's).

~~Kyle


>From: Jim <jcphil at mindspring.com>
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: [ale] KDE 2.0 on RedHat 7.0
>Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 22:46:05 -0500
>
>I thought I would try KDE 2.0, so I downloaded all the RPM's from
>RedHat. But when I type "startkde" from the command line, all I get is:
>
>Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the
>authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based
>authentication failed
>kdeinit: error while loading shared libraries:
>/usr/lib/qt-2.2.1/lib/libqt.so.2: undefined symbol:
>glXCreateGLXPixmapMESA
>ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Trying to launch kdeinit.
>Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the
>authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based
>authentication failed
>QSocketNotifier: Multiple socket notifiers for same socket 6 and type
>read
>KLauncher doing clientStarted(`kwin')
>Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the
>authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based
>authentication failed
>kwin: it looks like there's already a window manager running. kwin not
>startedsh: /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav: Permission denied
>
>If I try to select it as the window manager from the X login screen, I
>just get bounced back to the login screen. If I go to the prompt and put
>startkde in the .xinit file, then KDE starts alright. But there is a
>blank screen and no menus. Somehow, I think this isn't how it's supposed
>to work. Does anyone have any clues?
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