[Wlug] KDE died on me

[Chuck Noyes]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:09:37 -0400
Andy Stewart <andystewart at comcast.net> wrote:

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> vze284qe at verizon.net wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > KDE 3.5.9 died on me. I installed some updates via the adept
> > updater and after rebooting, I get dropped into run-level 3 (which
> > I actually prefer). When I type startkde, which is in /usr/bin, I
> > get the following errors:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I would recommend trying the following:
> 
> cd ~
> mv .kde .kde.saveme
> startkde
> 
> If this works, it suggests that you have some user setting that is
> causing KDE some grief.  If it does not, we'll need more information
> to help.
> 
> Please let us know the result of this little experiment.
> 
> Later,
> 
> Andy
> 
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Actually, I think I solved the problem....
I created .xinitrc file in my home directory that contains
exec startkde

then I ran startx and kde started up. I have to recreate some settings
and configurations, but it looks like it's working.

Thanks Andy.

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-Chuck