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zagabar

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Registered: 2006-08-05

Posts: 33

KDE installguide anyone?

Can someone be very nice and post a KDE install guide. I have tried to install it, but with no success. All instructions are scattered so I was wondering if someone could post a guide with every step neccessary from the installation of Arch to a working KDE. That whould be very nice.

mucknert

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From: Berlin // Germany

Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 510

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

pacman -Sy kde
Then answer "Yes" to the question if the whole content should be installed.
Then check http://archlinux.org/packages/search/?q=i18n for the appropriate language pack and install it.
Next, edit your .xinitrc to do "exec startkde" and then restart X11. Enjoy!

I hope that wasn't too quick and dirty. It always worked for me.

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zagabar

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Registered: 2006-08-05

Posts: 33

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

how do I edit my .xinitrc?

waltm

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From: alabama

Registered: 2006-03-21

Posts: 69

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

how do I edit my .xinitrc?

From the command line:

cd $HOME
nano ~/.xinitrc

zagabar

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Registered: 2006-08-05

Posts: 33

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

Then i get this errormessage:
line 9: exec: wmaker: not found

mucknert

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From: Berlin // Germany

Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 510

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

Then i get this errormessage:
line 9: exec: wmaker: not found

Your .xinitrc should look like that:

#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

# exec wmaker
exec startkde
# exec icewm
# exec blackbox
# exec fluxbox

Relevant for you is that everything except "exec startkde" is commented with an #.

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zagabar

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Registered: 2006-08-05

Posts: 33

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

OK I have done that, but when i try to run kde by typing "kdm" the screen goes black for a second then it comes back to the console and nothing more happens.

Titus

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From: Izmir

Registered: 2006-05-11

Posts: 120

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Re: KDE installguide anyone?

your /etc/inittab seems like this:

id:3:initdefault:
x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon

if you change it to:

id:5:initdefault:
x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon

you'll never meet with console when you reboot your computer.

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zagabar

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Registered: 2006-08-05

Posts: 33

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

that didnt change a thing

Titus

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From: Izmir

Registered: 2006-05-11

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Re: KDE installguide anyone?

i forgot to ask have you ever installed KDM?

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zagabar

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Registered: 2006-08-05

Posts: 33

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

No I have never installed it and this is the first time I am installing and using any linux .

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

Did you followed mucknert suggestions and did:
pacman -Sy kde
If yes, then kdm is installed. You'll need to reboot to see the effect of the changes you made to /etc/inittab.

zagabar

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Registered: 2006-08-05

Posts: 33

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

I did all that yes, still no changes. Do I have to setup my videocard settings or something?

mucknert

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From: Berlin // Germany

Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 510

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

Which brings me to one question: did you even configure X11? If this is the first time installing and using a Linux-Distribution I guess you did not. Perhaps you should try a less basic Distribution and start out with it, first? Kubuntu springs to mind..

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zagabar

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Registered: 2006-08-05

Posts: 33

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

no i wish to try this one
how do i configure X11?

Stinky

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From: The Colony, TX

Registered: 2004-05-28

Posts: 187

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

Maybe this'll get you going in the right direction.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg

zagabar

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Registered: 2006-08-05

Posts: 33

Re: KDE installguide anyone?

That helped alot, thanks so much^^