Dear all, I installed Leap 42.1. I decided to select KDE, which refers to plasma5, as default during installation. I got the plasma5 kdm. Then I logged in remotely and installed the KDE3 packages, kdebase3-session, etc. I then restarted the X server and tried to login to KDE3 by selecting it in the drop down list, but instead it took me back to the kdm login screen. I switched to runlevel 3 and set WINDOWMANAGER to /usr/bin/startkde3. I also had to set the setuid for Xorg to use startx. At the first login attempt, KDE3 launched but then crashed. At the second login attempt, it worked, but it seems to get mixed up with plasma. The plasma panel appears below kicker and I get some of plasma widgets on the screen. I would appreciate any help from this mailing list. How do I prevent plasma from interfering in the KDE3 session? Would it be better to switch the desktop manager from plasma to KDE3 and how do I do that best? These are the KDE3 packages that I installed: kdebase3-session kdebase3-apps kdebase3-nsplugin kdebase3-SuSE kdebase3-SuSE-branding-openSUSE kdeartwork3 misc-console kdeartwork3-xscreensaver kde3-kcm_gtk (kdebase3-workspace was automatically selected) I also need to add that the plasma desktop manager does not let me login to any window manager, I tried LXDE, Xfce and TWM next to KDE3. I would appreciate any help! Thanks! Gianluca ----------------------------------------------------- Gianluca Interlandi, PhD gianluca@u.washington.edu +1 (206) 685 4435 http://artemide.bioeng.washington.edu/ Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, Seattle WA U.S.A. ----------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde3+owner@opensuse.org