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Yekrahs

Member

Registered: 2006-09-29

Posts: 3

installing KDE troubleshooting: Solved again

i've searched the forum and wiki and i couldnt find a solution, if i overlooked it, im sorry..

my problem:
i just downloaded and installed 0.7.2 base with bootloader and followed some guidelines from the wiki and forum.
i have updated the database and installed everything.
i even got xorg and twm (a very very basic window manager) working!

now, i want to install KDE
i've downloaded the packages with pacman (pacman -S kde)
and now im support so run either kdm or kinit (according to a friend)
kdm command doesnt seem to excist, although a file definitly excists in the /opt/kde/bin/ (not sure im thinking correct here)
and kinit sais:

kinit: krb5_get_init_creds: unable to reach any KDC in realm MY.REALM

does anyone know how i can install/run/use kde?

thanks in advance

oke, that worked out great, but now, when starting network in kde, it sais it doesnt support my platform!!
and gives me a list of platforms wich are supported and im suppost to pick one that behaves simularly.

wich one should i choose?

theres allmost everything in there, except for arch and crux..

any ideas?

rayjgu3

Member

From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: installing KDE troubleshooting: Solved again

as root you should be able to run kdm
if you do be sure to change back to console vc1 to logout of root
but the best way to get into kde is to do 1 of several things here
1 edit
~/.xinitrc
exec  startkde

and comment out all other entries

or
2 as root edit
/etc/rc.conf
in the Deamons section add kdm
or
3 as root edit
/etc/inittab
to this

#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)    Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

id:3:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/6 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

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

# End of file

the last 2 should bring you to a gui at start up
leaving you to log in
heres whats on the wiki
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Start_X_at_boot

skottish

Forum Fellow

From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: installing KDE troubleshooting: Solved again

All I've ever done is put 'kdm' as the last line of the Daemons line in /etc/rc.conf:

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs dbus hal openntpd cups crond kdm)

As long as X is functioning, this works.

Yekrahs

Member

Registered: 2006-09-29

Posts: 3

Re: installing KDE troubleshooting: Solved again

i put kdm in the deamon line and it worked.

i read that i had to do that..
however, i wanted to try if i everything worked before i would ad it to the deamon line.
but thanks a lot for the info, just made me think: what the hell, lets try

thaanks!!