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RH9 - APT > update KDE 3.1 to 3.2 - stuck in Xterm
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| Bill Mudd 2004-04-05, 10:36 pm |
| I used APT to update from KDE 3.1 to 3.2 according to
the instructions on the "KDE for Red Hat Linux" website.
It required updating XFree86 also.
All went well. It took a long time to download
but all the packages installed -
there were 3 warnings but no errors.
I then logout and rebooted.
But now it will only boot into Xterm.
How do I startup the new KDE 3.2 ?
Or is there a problem I need to solve 1st ?
Thanks for any help. I'm fairly new to Linux and
not very knowledgable about how to do things
in XFree86 - Xterm.
Bill Mudd
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| Rex Dieter 2004-04-06, 3:37 pm |
| Bill Mudd wrote:
> I used APT to update from KDE 3.1 to 3.2 according to
> the instructions on the "KDE for Red Hat Linux" website.
Good so far.
> It required updating XFree86 also.
Not that I'm aware. You shouldn't need to update XFree86. What makes you
think otherwise?
> All went well. It took a long time to download
> but all the packages installed -
> there were 3 warnings but no errors.
You used apt/yum for the install? Good.
> I then logout and rebooted.
> But now it will only boot into Xterm.
Ack. You're most likely using (accidentally or not) the "failsafe" login
session type.
One thing to check, make sure you've got the newest xinitrc package:
apt-get install xinitrc
-- Rex
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| Bill Mudd 2004-04-06, 11:36 pm |
| Thanks for the reply ... unfortunately other things apparently went wrong
and the current KDE installation was deleted entirely without being
replaced by the new version. On a good OS that would never be allowed.
I'll come back in a few years when Linux has it's act
together.
Bill Mudd
"Rex Dieter" <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote in message
news:c4uuoe$2jb$1@unlnews.unl.edu...
> Bill Mudd wrote:
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> Good so far.
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> Not that I'm aware. You shouldn't need to update XFree86. What makes you
> think otherwise?
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> You used apt/yum for the install? Good.
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> Ack. You're most likely using (accidentally or not) the "failsafe" login
> session type.
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> One thing to check, make sure you've got the newest xinitrc package:
> apt-get install xinitrc
>
> -- Rex
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| Rex Dieter 2004-04-07, 11:09 am |
| Bill Mudd wrote:
> Thanks for the reply ... unfortunately other things apparently went wrong
> and the current KDE installation was deleted entirely without being
> replaced by the new version. On a good OS that would never be allowed.
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> I'll come back in a few years when Linux has it's act
> together.
OK, crabby-pants. Good luck.
-- Rex
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| billum 2004-04-11, 3:32 pm |
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I apologize if anyone was offended by my
comment about Linux not yet being as user
friendly as the other popular OSs.
I now have my KDE (3.1.4) desktop back -
just the way it was before I lost it
trying to upgrade it to KDE 3.2
The probable cause of my problem was a
mistake I made in /etc/apt/sources.list
It resulted in downloading the wrong
packages for installing KDE 3.2 on RH9 -
but still went ahead and deleted the
entire existing KDE 3.1.4 - again
this is probably my fault and has
to do with the way I configured apt.
I have been reassured it is possible to
install KDE 3.2 on RH9.
There are instructions for apt & yum at
http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/
and I have recieved posts from 2 people
who said it worked for them. I have not
tried it yet.
The solution to my problem was
to use the RH installation CDs. They
automatically detected the already existing
installation and went into "UpGrade" mode.
I clicked through the usual defaults for
hardware/language and then chose the advanced
method when it came to - Selecting Packages
to Upgrade. There I was able to individually
choose all the KDE (3.1.4) packages.
I chose to "Skip boot loader updating"
and chose not to create a boot diskette
and exited the upgrade program. When
the system rebooted it came right up into
KDE (3.1.4) after logging in.
I'm now reading the apt/synaptic manual 
Bill Mudd
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