On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:27:14PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 ?? > ***
you don't...it doesn't exist...it's a WARNING...KDE will always look for a .la file when running apps... > 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:~# > *** it's a known error..doesn't hurt...already reported. > 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 > *** it's a warning. the other is the fact that nspluginscan doesn't know how to deal with .zip files. > QSocketNotifier: Multiple socket notifiers for same socket 6 and type read [...] > 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? > *** hmmm...boy this sounds familiar. I'm almost willing to bet your suffering from the same problems as everyone has been discussing on this list for a while now. try downgrading your libfreetype6 package. Ivan -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD