Bug 76329

Summary:	Upgrade to KDE 3.0.4 fails to boot.
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Rob Blomquist <rob.blomquist>
Component:	kdebase	Assignee:	Than Ngo <than>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Description Rob Blomquist 2002-10-20 03:47:14 UTC

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Description of problem:
I removed all the KDE packages after my upgrade from 7.3 to 8.0. I then downloaded the source code for KDE 3.0.4 and compiled it. GDM does not see it, switchdesk fails to find it, and I am even unable to boot it at run level 3.

For the packages I compiled the location of the binaries is in /usr/local/kde/bin. This location is now in my path, and I can run all KDE applications from within Gnome.

I am not at all happy with what RH has done to KDE and Gnome. I liked it the way it was before. Rather than rant, I would just like to know what scripts I will need to change to boot both KDE upgrades and Gnome upgrades in the future.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Blow out Bluecurve KDE rpms.
2.Install KDE from source
3.Attempt to start KDE from any normal manner.	
	

Actual Results:  No KDE, but KDE apps available.	

Expected Results:  The KDE desktop should boot.

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Comment 1 Ngo Than 2002-10-21 12:15:45 UTC

it does not work if you installed it under /usr/local.

If you want to have 3.0.4 for 8.0 please download 3.0.4, which i have build for
8.0, from ftp.kde.org.

Comment 2 Rob Blomquist 2002-10-21 22:52:54 UTC

If one wants unadulterated KDE on RH 8.0, a source installation is the way to   
go. I have lost trust in the RPMs that they are providing, as they are likely   
just more of the same from Bluecurve.   
   
The proper fix is to add /usr/local/kde/bin into the path in .bash_profile for   
all KDE users, and for root. It is also best to add the complete root path and   
user path into /usr/local/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc as  system path and user  
path respectively.  
  
In order to use KDM rather than GDM, the easiest fix is to edit /etc/inittab  
and change the last line to: "x:5:respawn:/usr/local/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon". 
 
This allows one to run KDE as it should be, not as RH tweaked it to be.