Upon using kdm to start up kde, I get the blue screen which shows me each service starting up in order, and after the startup sound plays, I get a grey screen and a mouse cursor. That is all that appears. It is rather amazing.
I kill kdm, log in, and run startx. Due to my . files, I get X up, but running twm. Then I move to one of the base xterms, 'killall twm' and then start up kde, with the command bash-2.04$ kde2 Was that the right thing to do? Here is where it gets interesting..... My notes will be set off by *** bash-2.04$ kde2 WARNING: library=artsd.la: No file names artsd.la found in paths. *** bash-2.04$ dpkg -l | grep arts ii arts 2.1.0-1 Audio library for KDE ii libarts 2.1.0.1-2 aRts Sound system ii libarts-dev 2.1.0.1-2 aRts Sound system (development files) ii libarts-mpegli 2.1.0-1 mpeglib is a mp3 and mpeg I video/audio libr bash-2.04$ bash-2.04$ locate artsd.la bash-2.04$ dpkg -S !$ dpkg -S artsd.la dpkg: *artsd.la* not found. bash-2.04$ Where do I find artsd.la ?? *** kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3: undefined symbol: NP_GetValue *** hrmm.... biffhero-laptop:~# dpkg -S libkdecore.so.3 kdelibs3: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3 kdelibs3: /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3.0.0 biffhero-laptop:~# apt-get install kdelibs3 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, kdelibs3 is already the newest version. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded. biffhero-laptop:~# *** kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: library=/usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/raclass.zip: file=/usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/raclass.zip: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/raclass.zip: invalid ELF header Unknown child process 3980 died _IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root *** I deleted /tmp/.ICE-unix before I ran kde2 *** QSocketNotifier: Multiple socket notifiers for same socket 6 and type read KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = kwin path = <unknown> KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = kdesktop path = <unknown> DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-4002' to 'kdesktop' ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = kicker path = <unknown> DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-4005' to 'kicker' ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! WARNING: library=ktip.la: No file names ktip.la found in paths. KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = klipper path = <unknown> KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = khotkeys path = <unknown> KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = kwrited path = <unknown> KCrash: Application Name = konsole path = <unknown> KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = konsole path = <unknown> KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = ktip path = <unknown> KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = konsole path = <unknown> DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-4008' to 'klipper' ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-4011' to 'khotkeys' ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-4012' to 'kwrited' ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-4010' to 'ktip' ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! Aplay: version 0.5.8 by Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Using soundcard 'Sound Fusion CS461x at 0x50100000/0x50000000, irq 11' Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav' : Signed 16-bit Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Mono *** much death. any clues? *** thanks, rob