Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: "Hemmann
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE 4.0.4 upgrade, sort of.
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 13:50:06
Message-Id: 200805281549.58267.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] KDE 4.0.4 upgrade, sort of. by Mark Haney
1 On Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2008, Mark Haney wrote:
2 > Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
3 > > On Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2008, Mark Haney wrote:
4 > >> Well, I decided to take the plunge and install KDE4 based on the
5 > >> directions at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4.xml.
6 > >>
7 > >> The installation went well (with a re-install of qt4 due to a missing
8 > >> use flag) and it was on to restarting the system so I could start
9 > >> mucking with the new interface. And that's where I hit a snag.
10 > >>
11 > >> In the URL above, the directions say to change /etc/conf.d/xdm, the
12 > >> DISPLAYMANAGER variable to kdm-4.0. Every time I tried that, I got just
13 > >> xdm instead as a login screen and then, after log in, got my same KDE3.5
14 > >> desktop. There are no other directions on this page, so now I don't
15 > >> know where to go from here.
16 > >>
17 > >> What now?
18 > >
19 > > use kdm 3.5 for login. It really does not matter which one you use.
20 >
21 > I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean
22
23 you have kde3.5 installed. use the old kdm and just log in.
24
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