kstars doesnt show any buttons!!!

da_zombie · 08-17-2003, 08:40 PM

i guess this would be a unique problem!!! i installed the latest release of kstars from source on my compaq pressario mandrake 9.1...the installation went perfect n the kstars runs smoothly except that there r absolutely no controls on the panel except "help"!!!!!!!!!!!!!...what went wrong???????...any help appreciated!!!

leonscape · 08-17-2003, 09:49 PM

It could be it can't locate the rest of its stuff. Sound like a kde program so has it installed itself to /usr/local/kde ?

If so it probably can't find its own libs.

da_zombie · 08-19-2003, 04:51 AM

yes it installs itself in /usr/local/kde/bin...i tried installing it from source as well as from rpms...its the same problem..installation goes perfect except that when i run kstars it just doesnt show any controls...only the help button!....the programme runs smoothly otherwise...dont know whats wrong...

leonscape · 08-20-2003, 06:14 PM

You probably have to set $KDEDIRS and/or $KDEDIR, to point to the right place.

You'd have to check what that is for Mandrake.

da_zombie · 08-20-2003, 08:01 PM

yeah even the installation readme for kstars says something like that....have to figure it out...what it means...guess i ll forever stay a newbie

leonscape · 08-20-2003, 08:12 PM

SInce I use Debian, I don't know if this will work for you but...

Programs I compile myself (I'm working on KPovModeler at the moment) Go in /usr/local/kde/

So what I do is add
export KDEDIRS=/usr/local/kde

to my ~/.bashrc fileThis doesn't affect my kde install, and new programs I compile work under usr/local/kde.

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Doesn't Madrake have a edutainment download for KDE? because kstars would be under that and It would install properly then

da_zombie · 08-25-2003, 07:50 PM

i got it! thanks! my installation didnt have a kde directory at all! thats what was causing the prolblem..an all i had to do was define a directory for installlation during ./configure..thanks a ton for ur help..couldnt have done without it!