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When I try to run kde from startx or gdm, all I get is a blank blue screen with no icons on it. Actually this has been happening since 6.1 at least. I've been upgrading from previous redhat versions for a while, at least since 5.2. Joe
I can't reproduce it (writing this from a 6.2 machine using KDE) - do you get any odd output on the console (such as "/usr/bin/startkde: no such file or directory") when doing startx? Can you try seeing where it hangs by adding "set -x" to the beginning of /usr/bin/startkde?
It goes all the way through startkde to exec kwm. According to ps though kfm and krootwm are <defunct>, and kpanel isn't running. kwm and kwmsound are though. I've tried reinstalling kdebase, libs, and support, and removing my .k* and Desktop files and directories. Joe + [ -f /home/joe/.kde/share/apps/kfm/magic ] + kcontrol -init + kbgndwm ++ cat /proc/devices ++ grep sound + hassound= 14 sound + [ 14 sound != ] + sleep 1 + kaudioserver + sleep 1 ++ /usr/X11R6/bin/xdpyinfo ++ grep depths.*:.*8 + bpp= + [ ! = ] + sleep 2 + sleep 1 + sleep 1 + sleep 1 + exec kwmsound + exec kfm + exec krootwm + exec kpanel + exec kwm
I got it to work. I had an old version of libqt (not from an rpm) in /usr/lib. Now it's fine except when I mimimize there's no icon in the taskbar. Joe