Hi All, My goal is to contribute toward Linux, and it looks to me like Debian is my best avenue to do so. I think of it as giving back to all of you who have already given to me.
Primarily from reading the excellent "mypage.bluewin.ch/kde3-debian" and "davidpashley.com/debian-kde/faq.html" I've been trying to install the 3.1Beta, but it looks like I've done something wrong. (Note: To learn Debian, I originally installed 'stable' 3.0 (woody), then recently upgraded to 'unstable'.) To save time/bandwidth, I'm stacking all my questions here, in order of priority. -------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION ABOUT DOCS: >From http://mypage.bluewin.ch/kde3-debian, the "How to Install KDE3 on Debian 3.x.y/Sarge (testing/unstable)" section appears to have an obvious typo. Shouldn't the first line be "up-to-date Sarge system" instead of "up-to-date Woody system"? >From the same web page and section, after my installation I could not log in to KDE because I didn't have the 'kdelibs4-bin' package installed. Should this section explicitly mention 'kdelibs4-bin' too? -------------------------------------------------------------- PRIMARY QUESTION: (Reading the above docs, most of my uncertainty involved the correct way to remove KDE2, and I *suspect* my current problems may be related more to improper removal of KDE2 than improper installation of KDE3.) I can login in to KDE3 and run, but I don't get the menubar across the bottom of the screen, so when I minimize a window, I don't know how to get it back! I'd thought 'kicker' was what I needed, but that is installed fine. How do I fix this? (Related question: where are the debugging/logging files for KDE3?) ----------------------------------------------------------------- SECONDARY QUESTION(s): Upon bootup, when KDM presents the login screen it places the name of a nonexistent user ('pgd' or something) into the 'login' box. Also, the title is German, "Valkommem till Linux pa sandra". (Hmmm, the packager/compiler had a German locale, and I am missing having an English locale?) ------------------------------------------------------------------ MINOR QUESTION: sandra:~# dpkg --get-selections "*kde*" kde purge kdebase install kdebase-audiolibs purge kdebase-bin install kdebase-data install kdebase-dev install kdebase-doc purge kdebase-libs purge kdebugdialog install kdelibs3 purge kdelibs3-bin purge kdelibs3-doc purge kdelibs4 install kdelibs4-bin install kdelibs4-data install kdepasswd purge kdepim-libs install kdeprint install kdesktop install kdewallpapers purge libkdenetwork1 purge sandra:~# Is there a way to get 'dpkg' to forget that (for example) kdelibs3 was ever installed? I can be mistake prone, so anything I can do to 'cleanup' is extremely helpful. (i.e. I don't want the 'kdelibs3' line to appear in the output.) Side question: KDE3 doesn't have a 'kde3' or 'kde' package? (I tried to find/install, but no go.) Sneaky question: Does this 'dpkg' output show that my prior problems might be due to a missing package(s)? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL QUESTION: Any pointers to further FAQs, manuals, or web sites which would have helped me answer these questions myself? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you all very much for any help. --Tom