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Big trouble with startkde

I have a problem with startkde, when i try to run KDE it say:

xsetroot: unable to open display ''
xset: unable to open display ""
startkde: Starting up...
kreadconfig: error in loading shared libraries
libart_lgpl_2.so.2: ELF file class not __ELF_WORDSIZE-bit
ksplash: error in loading shared libraries
libart_lgpl_2.so.2: ELF file class not __ELF_WORDSIZE-bit
kdeinit: error in loading shared libraries
libart_lgpl_2.so.2: ELF file class not __ELF_WORDSIZE-bit
startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.
Error: Can't open display:
startkde: Shutting down...
/opt/kde/bin/startkde: artsshell: command not found
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
kde-config: error in loading shared libraries
libart_lgpl_2.so.2: ELF file class not __ELF_WORDSIZE-bit
startkde: Done.

I'm running Slackwere 3.0 (linux kernel 2.2.6) on a old laptop, 8mb ram and Pentium 120Mhz.

Anybody can helpme? Thanks for alls.

You need to check and see if X set up your monitor correctly. You all so need to check and see if you have a screen section to your XF86Config file.

Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config
It could possibly be /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (not sure if they did this in the older distros)

Make sure you have something that looks similar to this with just the resolutions and color depths that your screen is compatible with.

Code:

Section "Screen"

        Identifier "Screen0"

        Device    "Card0"

        Monitor    "Monitor0"

        DefaultDepth      8

        DefaultFbBpp    24 

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    1

                Modes    "1280x1024"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    4

                Modes    "1280x1024"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    8

                Modes    "1280x1024"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    15

                Modes    "1280x1024"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    16

                Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    24

                Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"

        EndSubSection

EndSection

If you do not have this screen section you need to figure out what your monitor supports and add it to the botten or just directly after your Section "Monitor".

Hi,

I do what you have me suggested but it don't fix all the problems...I see that now:

xsetroot: unable to open display ''
xset: unable to open display ""
startkde: Starting up...
kreadconfig: error in loading shared libraries
libart_lgpl_2.so.2: ELF file class not __ELF_WORDSIZE-bit
ksplash: error in loading shared libraries
libart_lgpl_2.so.2: ELF file class not __ELF_WORDSIZE-bit
kdeinit: error in loading shared libraries
libart_lgpl_2.so.2: ELF file class not __ELF_WORDSIZE-bit
startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.
Error: Can't open display:
startkde: Shutting down...
/opt/kde/bin/startkde: artsshell: command not found
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
kde-config: error in loading shared libraries
libart_lgpl_2.so.2: ELF file class not __ELF_WORDSIZE-bit
startkde: Done.

Thanks in advance...