From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3; Linux) 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. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 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. Additional info:
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.
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.