Make a file called .Xclients in your home directory and put the command
startkde in it.
-Magnus
Dave Watts wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I am trying to set up KDE on my system running RH 5.0. I have successfully
> installed the support, libs, base, utilities, and admin binary rpm files.
> I've added /opt/kde/bin to my PATH and KDEDIR=/opt/kde. Since I do not have
> a .xinitrc but I .wm_style file that I changed from Mwm to startkde. I boot
> up to runlevel 3 and when I try to start kde by typing "startkde" I get the
> following error messages:
>
> Warning: could not attach SHM
> krootwm: can not connect to X server
> kwmsound: can not connect to X server
> kcontrol: can not connect to X server
> kbgndwm: can not connect to X server
> kwm: can not connect to X server
> kpanel: can not connect to X server
> kfm: can not connect to X server
>
> I've looked through the documentation for Installation and the only thing I
> can see that I haven't changed is replacing /ect/rc.d/xdm with
> /opt/kde/bin/kdm, and that is because I do not have a file called xdm in the
> rc.d directory.
>
> I would appreciate any assistance with this, I really would like to try KDE
> out.
>
> TIA
> Dave
>
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