Hello, In the Message; Subject : Re: startkde: Could not start kdeinit5. Check your installation. Message-ID : <fed89f5f-4228-5df3-fd1c-7fb4993cf7dc@suddenlinkmail.com> Date & Time: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:27:52 -0500 [DCR] == "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> has written: MN> On 10/25/22 18:10, Masaru Nomiya wrote: MN> > Ah, I see. MN> > MN> > Please write this in your .bashrc; MN> > MN> > export DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:-:0}" MN> > MN> > Then, you can log in KDE5. DCR> Shouldn't this already be done in the xdg, or X11 setup DCR> somewhere? Seems like in the past it was, or maybe in sysconfig DCR> or profile.d? I know I don't have to set it on 15.4 and it has DCR> been configured correctly since install without having to set a DCR> user export of it. DCR> That will get you going Marc, but the big question -- Why is it DCR> needed? export DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:-:0}" is a well known workarond. That is, DISPLAY almost always have to be set when working across unix/linux-machines with X-applications. Therefore, DISPLAY is also referred to as the magic word. Could show the result of; # xdpyinfo | grep -A 3 display Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 野宮 賢 mail-to: nomiya @ galaxy.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "She continues to deeply divide opinion, nearly a decade after her death in 2013, due to her policies of privatisation, breaking the power of trade unions, and selling off public housing." -- World Is One News --