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  • From: "Paulo Orvalho" <paulo.orvalho AT pifertubos.pt>
  • To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Troubles with KDE
  • Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:52:29 -0000


----- Original Message -----
From: "User X" <entropicdesires AT entropicdesires.com>
To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 1:50 AM
Subject: [BL] Troubles with KDE


> I've installed BasicLinux to my old laptop's hd (ThinkPad 365X,
> 72mb RAM, 133mhz) and have managed to get X Windows going as well. I've
> had a few problems along the way, but nothing too bad. :) My latest
> project is an attempt to get KDE running, but I've reached something of
> a stand still. KDE looks nice but nothing works... None of the
> buttons, icons or menus do anything at all when clicked on...
> Let me back up a little. When I first installed KDE, I edited
> .xinitrc with "startkde". The error that I get is: /root/.xinitrc:
> startkde: command not found. And then X shuts down. I saw somewhere
> that I should have used "exec startkde", but the results were much the
> same. I finally tracked down startkde at /opt/kde/bin/startkde. I
> edited .xinitrc with /opt/kde/bin/startkde and KDE started just fine,
> with the exception of nothing working. If I want to use something, I
> have to go to /opt/kde/bin and click on the file/program I want. I
> could go and point every icon and button toward it's program in
> /opt/kde/bin but that seems like more work than is necessary...
> Has any one else had this problem with KDE and BasicLinux or is it
> just me? Do I have to move KDE somewhere else, or am I just missing
> something? All help will be appreciated greatly.
>
> :)
>
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Can you tell me the list of packages you use and how to get them...thanxx




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