KDE gone

carmeng · 03-13-2002, 03:56 AM

I get the following error message when I try to start KDE:

xsetroot: unable to open display ''
xset: unable to open display ""
xset: unable to open display ""
xset: unable to open display ""
xset: unable to open display ""
ksplash: cannot connect to X server
Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set
Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set
ksmserver: cannot connect to X server

Any help would be appreciated.

dimonb · 03-13-2002, 05:48 AM

try to start kde with command
startx

dont forget to modify ~/.xinitrc to start KDE (forexample leave in it single line: startkde)

BTW those errors means that programs in startkde script could not find X-server.

carmeng · 03-13-2002, 07:53 AM

startx is not working either. It gives basicly the error messages about display "". It seems like $DISPLAY is a variable that must be set.
I've just started playing with linux. So where do I find xinitrc?

dimonb · 03-13-2002, 08:21 AM

if startx does not work then check if X work at all.
(.xinitrc is in your home directory, but befor configure X-server)
X -- will start X u should see a graphic screen with a lot of dots if all right.
If X does not work, u should configure it.
There are several ways to do it. I prefer to use xf86config program, but there are a lot of other programs of such kind.
SAX, forexample.

carmeng · 03-14-2002, 12:27 AM

I don't know what I did but it's working now! I was just playing around while waiting for your reply... Thanks for your help anyway.