Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:37:55 +0800 (PHT) From: "Anthony M. Magsino" <ammag@mail.upm.edu.ph> To: "Heddles, FLGOFF Chris" <Chris.Heddles@defence.gov.au> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sec: unclassified - QT2 / KDE2 problem on 4.4 release Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1011122123439.31551C-100000@kulog.upm.edu.ph> In-Reply-To: <81E70F798E8BD511AC2F0002A5749710063814@WAGEX001>
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Hi! First, you can't type in startkde from the prompt to start KDE. You have to add "exec startkde" into your .xinitrc file. Second, X is complaining it can't find libqt2.so.4, which means there is a dependency problem. KDE depends on QT to work. make sure QT is also installed. Good luck. On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Heddles, FLGOFF Chris wrote: > g'day all, > > I'm a complete newbie to FreeBSD and have been unable to get KDE2 working > from CD > > I have installed 4.4 release from the CD (without X because my GeForce2 > graphics card > requires XFree86-4.1) > > Installed XFree86 4.1.0 from the CD using "pkg_add" and followed the > configuration guide > from the handbook. > > Installed wrapper from ports (CD again) > > X appeared to work fine at this point (still does - just not with KDE) > > > Installed KDE2 from the CD using "pkg_add". The installation process > appeared to work (no > error messages). I then appended .xinitrc as described in the handbook to > have KDE as my > default desktop. > > X works using the "startx" command but doesn't launch KDE > > Attempting to manually launch KDE from within X gives the following error > message: > > $ startkde > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libqt2.so.4" not found > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libqt2.so.4" not found > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libqt2.so.4" not found > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libqt2.so.4" not found > connect() failed: : No such file or directory > $ > > > When I was first installing FreeBSD from CD, I installed it with X and KDE > through the > installation manager and it worked (just at very low resolution). > > thanks > > > chris > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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