From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_06_12, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_FROM,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.18]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14xkGT-0002VX-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Thu, 10 May 2001 00:49:33 -0600 Received: from fwd03.sul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14xkFq-0006tW-04; Thu, 10 May 2001 08:48:54 +0200 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[62.155.143.204]) by fwd03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14xkFv-0DdZOCC; Thu, 10 May 2001 08:48:59 +0200 Received: (qmail 30520 invoked by uid 0); 10 May 2001 09:32:07 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gentoo.org) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 10 May 2001 09:32:07 -0000 Message-ID: <3AFA3322.887A0F8F@gentoo.org> From: AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] kde er4ror with xsetroot References: <20010507215023.2396e7be.erichey2@home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu May 10 00:50:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:20:18 +0200 X-Archives-Salt: 5bb8874e-4b9a-445e-9be1-f783635e2887 X-Archives-Hash: 6d0fac35a682dee8e9c9c71da615d682 Collins Richey wrote: > > I installed kde with emerge kde-base ... which brought in kde-libs and other > stuff. > > When I try to run it, it complains that xsetroot and other x... complain that > display = '' and they die without starting the xserver (root or user > environment). Same restults with > startkde > or > echo kde >.wm > startx You can not start kde with running startkde. Use echo kde21 > ~/.wm and run startx (startkde does not start X for you) bye achim~ > > By the way, in setting up users, I discovered that /etc/skel (not a file but > an empty directory) is borken. > > -- > Collins Richey > Denver Area > Sybil test system (reiserfs) > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev