Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > lee wrote: >> For the second time in this thread: Is there another way to start kde >> than using kdm (or gdm)? Though they can be nice to have, I don't want >> to have to use either of them. > > Isn't startx or startkde supposed to do that? Login at the console and > try that. > FYI, I have kde 4.2 and kdm working, without any tampering with config > files, but then I do have a mysql server installed. Yet, that can hardly > be the reason for kdm to fail. Are you sure all libraries used by kdm > are installed? > > Sjoerd > > Hi,
FWIW I had problems with kdm when I migrated from kde3.5 to kde4 (Squeeze), and used gdm or "startx" to launch kde sessions. For some reason "startkde" never did what I expected, never launched a kde4 session for me. I just removed mysql-server from my system, and the few kde4 parts that depends on it and I don't use. Everything is working fine here, even after a reboot. I'm sorry to say that I never found what was causing me trouble with kdm at first. After a lot of experiments I ended up reinstalling a new Squeeze system, copying just my config files and other stuff I needed (doing the "dpkg --get-selections" magic, and keeping the same /home), and kde4 now works as expected, including kdm, and without mysql-server. What I have left on the system is : aptitude search ~S~i~nmysql i A libmysqlclient15off i A mysql-common There's a few discussions going on about similar problems on the debian-kde list. http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/ Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org