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KDE 3.1 compilation from source--- Success!!!!


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Hi all:

 

I am a newbie, and this is the first time I have been able to compile anything successfully. Yoohoo. :D

 

KDE 3.1 took 8 hours and compiled successfully. I used Konstruct to do the downloading and compiling.

 

Mandrake 9.0

P4, 2.0GHz, 256MBs RAM

 

My questions:

 

1- At the end of the install KDE asked me to add /home/omar/kde3.1 into my path. I did set the path in /.bash_profile, and it shows up when I do echo $PATH in a terminal. Do I need to add the path (or any other path) anywhere else?

 

2- How do I add KDE into the list of Desktop managers in Mandrake, so I can choose it when logon window comes after reboot?

 

Your help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Omar

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Boot into console mode first.

Launch kde by typing KDE3 (should work)

Go to kde control center>system>login manager

Push administration mode button and enter pass word

Go to sessions>session types and add kde3

 

That should do it.

When you boot x, all should be fine.

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See if there's a /usr/bin/startkde3. If so, create a /etc/X11/wmsession.d/0?KDE3 that's like the 01KDE, except change the EXEC=, and SCRIPT:exec to /usr/bin/startkde3, and NAME= to KDE3.

or run startkde3 from init 3.

 

01KDE

NAME=KDE

ICON=kde-wmsession.xpm

DESC=The K Desktop Environment

EXEC=/usr/bin/startkde

SCRIPT:

exec /usr/bin/startkde

 

0?KDE3

NAME=KDE3

ICON=kde-wmsession.xpm

DESC=The K Desktop Environment

EXEC=/usr/bin/startkde3

SCRIPT:

exec /usr/bin/startkde3

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Nice looking app, Konstruct. I noticed that using it without specifying an install location will install it into ~/kde3.1/ (that's in my /home/<my user directory> directory I assme?), but I already have KDE 3.0.5a and want to upgrade it. Where would I tell it to install for that?

 

Many thanks

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