> Obviously something else has changed in the systems > ability to find > basic pathways, because in .xinitrc it no longer can do the > 'exec startkde', > but it can do 'exec /opt/kde/bin/startkde'
Sounds from this like your system paths have gotten messed up. Take a look in /etc/profile.d/ and see what you find. Mine looks like: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 44 2004-09-20 01:36 eclipse.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 862 2005-02-13 07:05 gnome.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 350 2004-12-22 10:15 j2re.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 237 2004-11-12 17:16 j2sdk.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 464 2005-01-04 03:42 kde.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 146 2005-01-08 06:28 mozilla-common.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 147 2005-01-27 22:15 qt.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 529 2005-01-17 12:51 xfce4.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 425 2005-02-17 01:12 xorg.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 367 2005-02-17 01:10 xprint.sh Also, in particular, take a look at the contents of the kde.sh script here. Mine looks like: export KDEDIR=/opt/kde export KDEDIRS=$KDEDIR:/usr export PATH=$PATH:$KDEDIR/bin export MANPATH=$MANPATH:$KDEDIR/man export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$KDEDIR/lib/pkgconfig if [ ! -z $XDG_DATA_DIRS ]; then export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$KDEDIR/share else export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$KDEDIR/share fi if [ ! -z $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS ]; then export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:$KDEDIR/etc/xdg else export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=$KDEDIR/etc/xdg fi This is where it adds all the kde binaries into your path. And also, try issuing a 'which startkde' command, both as a regular user, and via a root login shell (i.e., 'su -'). If it can't find it, then somehow your path is getting messed up. HTH, DR ============================================================================== This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
