KDE 2.2beta->KDE 2.2: lots of problems
I've been trying unsuccessfully to get KDE 2.2 working, using the rpms at the SuSE website. I've installed and reinstalled kdebase and kdelibs several times and I still have major difficulties: 1. I can't get kdm to start properly and enable logins. That seems to be related to the absence of needed files such as Xreset and Xsetup in the /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm directory. But I can't find those files in any of the KDE2 packages. I've sometimes been able to get kdm going, only to encounter a further problem: when I log in, I get some screen flashings and then am returned to the kdm login prompt again. 2. I don't get the startup sounds, which seems to be related to the absence of libsoundserver. But as far as I can tell, libsoundserver only existed in the beta version, not in the final release. 3. When I've gotten kdm running, if not working, I haven't been able to configure the background color via the Control Center. The Control Center shows the color as I set it, but the kdm screen itself doesn't. I suspect several of these problems are related to Xstart, Xreset, etc. Does anyone who's successfully installed KDE 2.2 tell me where the correct versions of those files can be found? Paul
* Paul Abrahams (abrahams@acm.org) [010909 15:51]: -> ->I suspect several of these problems are related to Xstart, Xreset, etc. ->Does anyone who's successfully installed KDE 2.2 tell me where the ->correct versions of those files can be found? -> Well, this is the output I got. (ben@zeus) ~> locate Xstart [17:42 01-09-09] /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm.old/Xstartup (ben@zeus) ~> rpm -qf /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm.old/Xstartup [17:44 01-09-09] file /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm.old/Xstartup is not owned by any package zsh: 3557 exit 1 rpm -qf /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm.old/Xstartup (ben@zeus) ~> rpm -qf /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup [17:44 01-09-09] xf86-4.1.0-0 xf86-4.1.0-0 So I would suggest it is not a KDE problem..but an XFree problem. You could upgrade to 4.1.0. -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org cat CE|ME|NT|XP > /dev/null
Ben Rosenberg wrote:
* Paul Abrahams (abrahams@acm.org) [010909 15:51]: -> ->I suspect several of these problems are related to Xstart, Xreset, etc. ->Does anyone who's successfully installed KDE 2.2 tell me where the ->correct versions of those files can be found? ->
Well, this is the output I got.
(ben@zeus) ~> locate Xstart [17:42 01-09-09] /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm.old/Xstartup (ben@zeus) ~> rpm -qf /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm.old/Xstartup [17:44 01-09-09] file /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm.old/Xstartup is not owned by any package zsh: 3557 exit 1 rpm -qf /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm.old/Xstartup (ben@zeus) ~> rpm -qf /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup [17:44 01-09-09] xf86-4.1.0-0 xf86-4.1.0-0
So I would suggest it is not a KDE problem..but an XFree problem. You could upgrade to 4.1.0.
I did know about those files in /etc/X11/xdm, Ben, and I've been running XFree4.1.0 for a while. The reasons I think it's a KDE problem is that (a) the files aren't in the place where KDE looks for them (/opt/kde2/share/config/kdm) and (b) using procedures written for xdm without modification in the kdm context seems risky; subtle differences may come back to haunt us in mysterious ways later on. I've been able to get on the air by copying the X* files from /etc/X11/xdm to /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm, but I'm not comfortable with that solution. I'm also puzzled as to why the KDE 2.2 packages from SuSE don't put the files in the right place, or how an unsophisticated user is supposed to discover the necessary repair. Paul
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