[ale] KDE 2.0 on RedHat 7.0

Jim jcphil at mindspring.com
Mon Nov 6 18:45:34 EST 2000


That attempt was listed in my original e-mail. I think you are prbably
smart to dump ReHat 7.0. As for KDE, you would think the rpm's would be
built with complete dependencies, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Kyle Beckman wrote:
> 
> I've punted RH7 and gone back to RH6.2, but I'm pretty sure I remember that
> the documentation for installing KDE2 still wants you to use startx.  By
> default, it will, of course start Gnome on a Red Hat system.  Create a text
> file named .xinitrc (in your home directory) and put startkde2 on the first
> line of the text file.  Just type startx and that should start KDE2.
> (Please note:  this is based on the downloadable ISO's and the pre-release
> version of KDE2 that is in RPM form on those two CD's).
> 
> ~~Kyle


> > If I go to the prompt and put
> >startkde in the .xinit file, then KDE starts alright. But there is a
> >blank screen and no menus.
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