[sclug] HELP X Mandrake 9.1

[lug at assursys.co.uk]

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Scott Rixon wrote:

> Me again!!
> 
> I tried just running KDE and this is what I got..
> 
> startkde: Starting up...
> /usr/bin/startkde: line 204: ksplash: command not found
> /usr/bin/startkde: line 210: kdeinit: command not found
> startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.
> /usr/bin/startkde: line 214: xmessage: command not found
> Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
> Error: Can't run ksmserver !
> startkde: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation.
> /usr/bin/startkde: line 231: xmessage: command not found
> startkde: Shutting down...
> Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
> Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
> startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
> startkde: Done.
> 
> Problem? I think so..

Do the missing binaries (ksplash, kdeinit, xmessage, ksmserver) exist on
your system? Have you tried using rpm to verify the KDE packages?

Best Regards,
Alex.
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