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Beso wrote: |
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> 2008/5/28 Mark Haney <mhaney@××××××××××××.org>: |
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>> Well, I decided to take the plunge and install KDE4 based on the directions |
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>> at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4.xml. |
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>> The installation went well (with a re-install of qt4 due to a missing use |
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>> flag) and it was on to restarting the system so I could start mucking with |
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>> the new interface. And that's where I hit a snag. |
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>> In the URL above, the directions say to change /etc/conf.d/xdm, the |
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>> DISPLAYMANAGER variable to kdm-4.0. Every time I tried that, I got just xdm |
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>> instead as a login screen and then, after log in, got my same KDE3.5 |
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>> desktop. There are no other directions on this page, so now I don't know |
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>> where to go from here. |
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>> What now? |
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>> -- |
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>> Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar |
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>> Mark Haney |
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>> Sr. Systems Administrator |
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>> ERC Broadband |
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>> (828) 350-2415 |
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>> Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support |
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>> gentoo-amd64@l.g.o mailing list |
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> you have to add the DYSPLAYMANAGER=kdm-4.0 to a file in /etc/env.d/ better |
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> the local environment file, then BE SURE to have installed the following: |
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> kdebase-startkde-4.0.x and kdebase-meta-4.0.x. after that remember to do an |
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> etc-update (or dispatch-conf or whatever utility you use for updating the |
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> /etc) and then do an env-update and a /etc/init.d/xdm restart. also you |
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> should look if xdm has been overwritten (it has to be since) and if i |
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> remember well also /etc/conf.d/xdm.conf also has changed. then at kdm login |
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> screen select the session type and login. it should work. but e aware that |
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> if you're on xorg-server from git kde4 will most likely don't work. |
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Do I NEED kde-meta-4.0 installed? The HOWTO says otherwise. I'd prefer |
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to have a chance to fall back on to 3.5.9 if I need to. |
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And what file in /etc/env.d do I need to add that to? I'm not sure |
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which one I should edit. |
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Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar |
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Mark Haney |
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Sr. Systems Administrator |
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ERC Broadband |
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(828) 350-2415 |
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Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support |
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