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riwa

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From: Lund, Sweden

Registered: 2006-04-04

Posts: 215

Swithing from Xfce > KDE?[SOLVED]

I've used Xfce for a while and think it's pretty ugly and boring and would like a fresh change. So I download the KDE package. run Xorg- configure and some other programs refered to on Wiki. It doesn't launch though. Can't open display is the message I get. I use xorg (I think) and use "startxfce4" to launch X. Can anyone point me in the right direction (help me know what's wrong)?

[edit] IE is there some command or file I can post that could show the problem?

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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Swithing from Xfce > KDE?[SOLVED]

Put "exec startkde" (no quotes) in your .xinitrc file and use startx or xinit.

(As far as I can tell startx just runs a few useful apps if you happen to use TWM and wastes a megabyte of memory. Don't take my word on it though.)

riwa

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From: Lund, Sweden

Registered: 2006-04-04

Posts: 215

Re: Swithing from Xfce > KDE?[SOLVED]

Nope! Still get the same error:

xsetroot: unable to open display""
Agent pid 16947
xset: unable to open display""
xset: unable to open display""
xset: unable to open display""
xsetroot: unable to open display""
startkde: starting up
startkde: running kpersonalizer
kwin: cannot connect to X server.
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server.
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server.
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server.
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server.
kpersonalizer: cannot connect to X server.
[and keeps echoing]

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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Swithing from Xfce > KDE?[SOLVED]

And you don't get that stuff with "exec startxfce4" in your .xinitrc?

riwa

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From: Lund, Sweden

Registered: 2006-04-04

Posts: 215

Re: Swithing from Xfce > KDE?[SOLVED]

It worked now. I didn't try startx (only startkde).

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