[clue-tech] cannot run konsole or xterm in KDE 3.5

[Dave Price]

On 8/28/06, Ken MacFerrin <lists at macferrin.com> wrote:
> If you're going to be using X on this machine regularly I would suggest
> using a login manager like kdm to start X for you.
>
> In /etc/rc.conf set:
> DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm"
> XSESSION="kde-3.5.3" (or whatever your KDE version is)
>
> Then:
> # rc-update add xdm default
>
> This will bring up the login manager automatically each time you boot.
>
> Then, if for some reason you need to bypass the login manager and access
> the console directly you can still do so with "Ctrl + Alt + F1", and
> then switch back to your Xsession display with "Ctrl + Alt + F7"
>
> -Ken

Thanks for the suggestion, but I cannot build kdm on this box - at
least I don't know enough gentoo yet to do it....

#emerge -p kdm
Calculating dependencies ... done!
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/khotkeys-3.5.1)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/libkonq-3.5.2)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-data-3.5.2)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kicker-3.5.2)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdesu-3.5.0)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kcontrol-3.5.2)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/khelpcenter-3.5.2)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kcminit-3.5.0)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdm-3.5.2-r1)
[blocks B     ] =kde-base/kdebase-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepasswd-3.5.2)

...


-- 
aloha,
dave