How to get a KDE to run

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Sun, 5/10/09, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: How to get a KDE to run
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 3:53 PM
> Nigel Henry wrote:
> > On Sunday 10 May 2009 20:40, Karl Larsen wrote:
> >   
> >> Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>>     I am on my 8.10 Linux and I used $
> sudo aptitude install kde and it
> >>>> did so. But when I rebooted it still has
> Gnome Window Manager. It said
> >>>> something about looking at /etc/init.c and
> setting the default properly.
> >>>> I will try that and see.
> >>>>         
> >>> When it boots and you come to the gnome login
> screen you can choose what
> >>> kind of session you want and what you want as
> default.
> >>>       
> >>     Not on this laptop. I got it to stop at the
> screen to login with and
> >> clicked on options and looked at everything and no
> kde was even mentioned.
> >>
> >> So the heck with kde. It's too hard to get
> working on 8.10. I am sure it
> >> is all installed but it sure is not working...
> >>
> >>
> >> Karl
> >>     
> >
> > Hi Karl.
> >
> > That's odd. Normally you enter your login name,
> then the session button 
> > appears, and you can select which you want to login
> to, KDE, Gnome, whatever.
> >
> > Nigel.
> >
> >   
>     What I did was get the synaptic running and had it
> reload kde and 
> now I have a new login window with flowers and such, but
> when I get to 
> the desktop it looks like a Gnome with under Applications I
> have a whole 
> lot of kde type as well as gedit and the usual gnome tools.
> It is 
> possible I have kde running now. But IS IT running right?  
> That is a 
> question :-)
> 
> Karl
> 
Karl, I run kde and it sounds like you are still running gnome. The first time you run kde from another WM session, you do have to select it.  If kde is not on the options icon, try installing kubuntu-desktop.
I've installed many ubuntu  and kde versions and I know you do have to select a kde session the first time(not the default session which gives me gnome every time). If kde doesn't show up on the options icon, something is wrong.  Try reinstalling kubuntu-desktop or installing it if it's the first time.  HTH.


Leonard Chatagnier
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