Startx still runs KDE 3.0.1 instead of KDE 3.1
 

Summary

I have recently and successfully installed KDE 3.1. I have gone through completed the post installation set-up requirements:

1. Added /root/kde3.1/bin to PATH
2. export QTDIR=~/kde3.1
3. export KDEDIRS=~/kde3.1
4. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~kde3.1/lib
5. export KDEHOME=~/.kdetest


Problem

However, when I run xwmconfig and choose KDE and then run startx, I still start KDE 3.0.1 instead of KDE 3.1.

"How do I properly start KDE 3.1?"

Any direction or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

If you're not root, it shouldn't work (because usually only root has read access to /root). Try to copy your KDE somewhere.
The manula version. Try it first with one user. Find out where's 'startkde' executable from new KDE. Let's say it's in /usr/local/kde31/bin. Create a file .xinitrc in your home directory and type inside
/usr/local/kde31/bin/startkde
When you run startx as that user, new KDE should start.