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From: Paul Stear <gentoo@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE will not start on boot
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 14:05:09
Message-Id: 200805151505.22431.gentoo@appjaws.plus.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE will not start on boot by Beso
1 On Thursday 15 May 2008, Beso wrote:
2 > 2008/5/15 Brett Johnson <brett@××××.com>:
3 > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 01:13:52PM +0100, Paul Stear wrote:
4 > > > Hi all,
5 > > > I have screwed my system up after doing some deep cleans and
6 > > > eix-test-obsolete runs. It appears that the path tp kde is not
7 > > > found on boot. If I login to console and then issue startx as a
8 > > > user, kde starts. I only achieved this by putting the full path to
9 > > > startkde in my user .xinitrc.
10 > > >
11 > > > I am sure I am missing something stupid.
12 > > > Can some kind soul please tell me what I need to do to have kde
13 > > > start on boot.
14 > >
15 > > I don't use KDE, but it sounds like you are missing
16 > > /etc/env.d/??kdepaths-?.?. If that is the case, you may want to try
17 > > and reinstall kdelibs. On my system /etc/env.d/45kdepaths-3.5 belongs
18 > > to kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r3.
19 > >
20 > > Hope this helps.
21 >
22 > kdelibs rebuild takes quite some time, so if you need i'll post my env
23 > files:
24 <snip>
25 Thanks to Brett and Beso,
26 My 45kdeparts file was correct, I reinstalled kdelibs and now it all works
27 correctly --- thanks.
28 I just wish I new how I got into this mess, I'm sure I didn't remove any
29 kde stuff.
30 Paul
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE will not start on boot Brett Johnson <brett@××××.com>