From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LU9w6-0002Jn-Iq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:18:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 829B6E0423; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 01:18:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-relay2.uniserve.ca (smtp-relay2h.uniserve.ca [216.113.194.206]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60B1EE0423 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 01:18:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ip-227.61.99.216.dsl-cust.ca.inter.net ([216.99.61.227] helo=ca.inter.net) by smtp-relay2.uniserve.ca with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LU9w3-0005Ef-Pk for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:18:45 -0800 Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:18:42 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 20:18:42 -0500 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Instaling KDE 4.2, second attempt... Message-ID: <20090203011842.GA4574@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <200902030315.56984.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200902030315.56984.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Scanner: OK. Scanned. X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 0.1 1 (/) X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (0.1 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RDNS_DYNAMIC Delivered to trusted network by host with dynamic-looking rDNS X-Archives-Salt: bed83132-fde4-441d-9ba6-bcd3bfc57132 X-Archives-Hash: 105c6b0a3f4b6d70aec31c6e7bafe532 090203 Robin Atwood wrote: > I have a completely current 3.5.10 system running, so I thought > I would get a situation where I could choose which system to login to. > I get my original KDM 3.5 login screen and no new options > and when I login I do get my original desktop environment, > albeit with corrupt konqueror tool bars. > Any ideas how to enable KDM 4.2 and get the new desktop? The simple way is to boot into a raw console, then 'startx' with your choice of ~/.xinitrc . I would never use a GUI login, it's just another thing to trip you up. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca