Beso wrote:
2008/5/28 Mark Haney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Well, I decided to take the plunge and install KDE4 based on the directions
at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4.xml.
The installation went well (with a re-install of qt4 due to a missing use
flag) and it was on to restarting the system so I could start mucking with
the new interface. And that's where I hit a snag.
In the URL above, the directions say to change /etc/conf.d/xdm, the
DISPLAYMANAGER variable to kdm-4.0. Every time I tried that, I got just xdm
instead as a login screen and then, after log in, got my same KDE3.5
desktop. There are no other directions on this page, so now I don't know
where to go from here.
What now?
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you have to add the DYSPLAYMANAGER=kdm-4.0 to a file in /etc/env.d/ better
the local environment file, then BE SURE to have installed the following:
kdebase-startkde-4.0.x and kdebase-meta-4.0.x. after that remember to do an
etc-update (or dispatch-conf or whatever utility you use for updating the
/etc) and then do an env-update and a /etc/init.d/xdm restart. also you
should look if xdm has been overwritten (it has to be since) and if i
remember well also /etc/conf.d/xdm.conf also has changed. then at kdm login
screen select the session type and login. it should work. but e aware that
if you're on xorg-server from git kde4 will most likely don't work.
Do I NEED kde-meta-4.0 installed? The HOWTO says otherwise. I'd prefer
to have a chance to fall back on to 3.5.9 if I need to.
And what file in /etc/env.d do I need to add that to? I'm not sure
which one I should edit.
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