Hello, In the Message; Subject : Re: startkde: Could not start kdeinit5. Check your installation. Message-ID : <57f9c7f7-cb29-8902-46da-7c58fc624bfe@marcchamberlin.com> Date & Time: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:55:00 -0700 [MC] == Marc Chamberlin <marc@marcchamberlin.com> has written: [...] MC> > nova:/home/marc # kdeinit5 > kde.log 2>&1 MC> > nova:/home/marc # more kde.log MC> > kdeinit5: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set. [...] Ah, I see. Please write this in your .bashrc; export DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:-:0}" Then, you can log in KDE5. Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ galaxy.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "A society bound by e-mail and mobile phones deprives us of the freedom to face ourselves and indulge our fantasies." -- Michael Crichton (Speech in Japan) --