how to activate the KDE

mehdiee · 02-10-2008, 01:05 AM

I just installed kubuntu with the text mode installation option(not with the Graphical installation) because of the issues ubuntu has with my nvidia graphic card ..... but now How can I activate or view the kDE GUI ??
I wanna know if there is anyway to do that ??? that I can activate the GUI..........( with the 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' command I have change the graphic card setting ) but now I want ot change the text mode to KDE GUI mode .... how is that possible ???? thanks

AceofSpades19 · 02-10-2008, 01:33 AM

try typing startx, it should launch kde

Lepakko · 02-10-2008, 06:05 AM

Do you mean you start the computer but only get the text login? Can you look at the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log and tell us if you see any errors. You can read the file with "cat /var/log/Xorg.0.0.log" and scroll the screen up with shift+page up. The init script /etc/init.d/kdm should start KDE, you can start this with "sudo /etc/init.d/kdm", but it should've actually have started automatically.

ahammedali · 08-18-2009, 05:23 AM

Installed cent os 5.3
installed gnome and kde
after installation, uninstalled gnome to use kde as default.
after the uninstallation of gnome, graphics doesnot work.
can any one help me?