[lug] Gnome/KDE on Sarge

[Paul E Condon]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:19:59AM -0600, Gary Hodges wrote:
> Been working on a fresh Sarge install and can't get either kde or gnome 
> up.  I've installed Sarge several times in the past without trouble, but 
> this is my first try with the newest installer.  I believe I used to 
> just run tasksel to get X with kde and gnome going, but now tasksel puts 
> me into aptitude after selecting "manual package install."  I tried that 
> route without luck and have been trying apt-get.  X starts using any of 
> gdm/kdm/xdm, but I don't get a nice desktop after logging in, e.g., 
> panel, menu's, etc. All I'm able to start is an xterm with the middle 
> mouse button.  A person here suggested that for some reason I didn't get 
> all the desktop configuration files copied to my home directory.  This 
> does seem to be the case, but I thought all the default files were 
> copied over the first time you logged into gnome or kde.  Is there a 
> package I need to install that is responsible for this?
> 
> Gary
> 

On Tues 1 Sept., KDE on Sarge entered a highly broken state. There is 
some info about this on debian bug report site. My system KDE broke 
on that day, as did many others. I really don't know what going on,
but Sarge IS 'TESTING' . 

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Paul E Condon           
pecondon at mesanetworks.net