Back up your existing ~/.xinitrc file and create a new .xinitrc file to start KDE:
echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc
If you installed the desktop-file-utils-0.11 package, ensure the XDG_DATA_DIRS and XDG_CONFIG_DIRS environment variables are configured properly as explained in that package and update the MIME-type application database (as root):
update-desktop-database
Ensure all libraries can be found with (as root):
ldconfig
At this point you can bring up KDE with:
startx
Last updated on 2006-04-16 19:09:40 -0500