[ale] KDE 2.0 on RedHat 7.0

[Robert Hoffman]

I just installed kde2 from a tarball at home (I couldn't get the src.rpms to 
compile.) on my RedHat 6.2 box. Edit the file .Xclients in your home 
directory. Comment out the stuff that is there and add the line:

/usr/local/kde/bin/startkde

Note that I put "/usr/local/kde/bin" in my path. If the above isn't your path 
to kde, do an "slocate startkde" or a "find / -iname startkde" to find the 
appropriate path.

-Rob Hoffman

On Monday 06 November 2000 16:54, Kyle Beckman wrote:
> 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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