How to install KDE 4.1.2 on a fresh system

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sempsteen · Post by **sempsteen** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:15 pm

Hi everyone,
I've a newly installed gentoo system. I've installed X and now it is time for KDE 4.1.2. But i couldn't find a tutorial and i don't want to use overlay method. What are the steps i should take? Can you help me please?
Thanks.

naelq · Post by **naelq** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:32 pm

hey, i'm in the same route too! after a HDD & VGA upgrade! (WD6400AAKS & HD4850 512MB just in case anyone is interested!)
will finish the X emerge & after that will start digging to get KDE4 installed.
right now, AFAIK, one should install an *updated* version of portage (not marked as stable though), then unmask KDE-stuff.. & emerge. eh?

nael

Etal · Post by **Etal** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:36 pm

I would personally wait a day or two until the devs unmask it. I heard there were a few problems with it...

sempsteen · Post by **sempsteen** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:39 pm

naelq wrote:one should install an *updated* version of portage (not marked as stable though), then unmask KDE-stuff.. & emerge. eh?

i'm afraid i don't know how to do them properly. could you please write here if you succeed naelq? thanks a lot.

sempsteen · Post by **sempsteen** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:50 pm

i hated waiting this stuff

Etal · Post by **Etal** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:51 pm

sempsteen wrote:
naelq wrote:one should install an *updated* version of portage (not marked as stable though), then unmask KDE-stuff.. & emerge. eh?
i'm afraid i don't know how to do them properly. could you please write here if you succeed naelq? thanks a lot.

What version of portage do you have? If you have portage-2.2_rc11, then all you need to do is unmask the KDE packages (sorry, I'm not sure where the list is) or wait until the devs fix the last few problems (should be in a day or two).

If your portage version is portage-2.1.4.4, then you'll need to make a file /etc/portage/package.keywords and write "<=sys-apps/portage-2.2" to it. After that, you'll need to unmask and unkeyword all the KDE packages (I hope someone will tell you where you can get the lists)

sempsteen · Post by **sempsteen** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:23 pm

thanks for your help AM088,
i think i'm going to wait if it is worth doing. do you reckon we will have a complete guide how to install kde 4.1.2 after those fixes?

naelq · Post by **naelq** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:23 pm

sempsteen wrote: i'm afraid i don't know how to do them properly. could you please write here if you succeed naelq? thanks a lot.

sure mate, will keep you posted

Silentsand74 · Post by **Silentsand74** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:39 am

You may read my fresh advices from thread:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-52 ... ml#5238922

sempsteen · Post by **sempsteen** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:06 pm

today i setup my web development working environment (basically LAMP) and i'm still waiting.

naelq · Post by **naelq** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:39 pm

ok, as promised! posting this message from konqueror 4.1.2

after a fresh install (due to hardware upgrade) i did install stable xorg-server, running the vesa driver atm, i did the following:
1. upgrade portage to the latest version:

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[ebuild     U ] app-admin/eselect-1.0.11-r1 [1.0.10] USE="-bash-completion -doc-vim-syntax" 150 kB
[ebuild  N    ] app-admin/eselect-news-20080320  6 kB
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/portage-2.2_rc11 [2.1.4.4] USE="-build -doc -epydoc (-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" 734 kB

2. unmask needed packages for kde-base/kdebase-startkde & kde-base/kdm :
package.unmask:

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kde-base/kdebase-startkde                     
kde-base/kdelibs                              
kde-base/kdepimlibs                           
kde-base/automoc                              
kde-base/ksplash                              
kde-base/kde-wallpapers                       
kde-base/krunner                              
kde-base/ksmserver                            
kde-base/kstartupconfig                       
kde-base/kstyles                              
kde-base/kreadconfig                          
kde-base/plasma-workspace                     
kde-base/kdebase-kioslaves                    
kde-base/kdebase-data                         
kde-base/knotify
kde-base/systemsettings
kde-base/kwin
kde-base/plasma-apps
kde-base/kcminit
kde-base/libplasma
kde-base/libkonq
x11-libs/qt-webkit
kde-base/libtaskmanager
app-misc/strigi
x11-libs/qt-opengl
kde-base/libkworkspace
dev-cpp/clucene
media-sound/phonon
x11-libs/qt-dbus
kde-base/kcontrol
kde-base/kdesu
kde-base/kdialog
kde-base/soliduiserver
kde-base/kde-menu-icons
kde-base/kdeartwork-iconthemes
kde-base/dolphin
kde-base/nepomuk
dev-libs/soprano
kde-base/solid
kde-base/ksysguard
app-office/akonadi-server
kde-base/kdm
kde-base/kcheckpass
kde-base/kdepasswd

package.keywords:

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kde-base/kdebase-startkde ~amd64                
x11-libs/qt-core ~amd64                         
kde-base/kdelibs ~amd64                         
x11-libs/qt-svg ~amd64                          
x11-libs/qt-gui ~amd64                          
kde-base/kdepimlibs ~amd64                      
x11-libs/qt-test ~amd64                         
kde-base/qimageblitz ~amd64                     
x11-libs/qt-script ~amd64                       
dev-util/cmake ~amd64                           
x11-libs/qt-qt3support ~amd64                   
kde-base/automoc ~amd64                         
kde-base/ksplash ~amd64                         
kde-base/kde-wallpapers ~amd64                  
kde-base/krunner ~amd64                         
kde-base/ksmserver ~amd64                       
kde-base/kstartupconfig ~amd64                  
kde-base/kstyles ~amd64                         
kde-base/kreadconfig ~amd64                     
kde-base/plasma-workspace ~amd64                
kde-base/kdebase-kioslaves ~amd64               
kde-base/kdebase-data ~amd64                    
kde-base/knotify ~amd64                         
kde-base/systemsettings ~amd64                  
kde-base/kwin ~amd64
kde-base/plasma-apps ~amd64
kde-base/kcminit ~amd64
kde-base/libplasma ~amd64
kde-base/libkonq ~amd64
x11-libs/qt-webkit ~amd64
kde-base/libtaskmanager ~amd64
app-misc/strigi ~amd64
x11-libs/qt-opengl ~amd64
kde-base/libkworkspace ~amd64
dev-cpp/clucene ~amd64
media-sound/phonon ~amd64
x11-libs/qt-dbus ~amd64
kde-base/kcontrol ~amd64
kde-base/kdesu ~amd64
kde-base/kdialog ~amd64
kde-base/soliduiserver ~amd64
kde-base/kde-menu-icons ~amd64
kde-base/kdeartwork-iconthemes ~amd64
kde-base/dolphin ~amd64
kde-base/nepomuk ~amd64
dev-libs/soprano ~amd64
kde-base/solid ~amd64
kde-base/ksysguard ~amd64
x11-libs/qt-sql ~amd64
app-office/akonadi-server ~amd64
kde-base/kdm ~amd64
kde-base/kcheckpass ~amd64
x11-apps/xinit ~amd64
kde-base/kdepasswd ~amd64

this will give you the basic KDE setup, from there you can use your imagination for the rest of the packages! hope this helps

PS, kdm for some odd reason doesn't showup, instead i get the pre-historic xdm one! will update later

nael

sempsteen · Post by **sempsteen** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:48 pm

Thank you naelq,
I decided listening AM088's advice so I'll wait for the fixes first. Thanks for your help again.

Etal · Post by **Etal** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:12 am

By the way, the official guide to installing KDE 4.1.2 is out, and the remaining problems seem to be conflicts between KDE 3.5 and 4.1. So if you don't have KDE 3.5, you can give it a shot

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/k ... -guide.xml

sempsteen · Post by **sempsteen** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:21 pm

I installed it by using that guide. It has finished about an hour ago and now i'm writing this message from Firefox 3. KDE 4.1.2 looks stunning!

wdicc · Post by **wdicc** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:42 am

thx the great guide..

naelq · Post by **naelq** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:26 am

did you use the unmask & keywords files from the testing branch? & the same for the sets, did you get it from there?

elsenator · Post by **elsenator** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:56 pm

I've followed the guide to install kde 4.1.2 and everything seemed to install perfectly. I installed it on a clean system. When i "/etc/init.d/xdm start" (after setting xdm to kdm in conf.d), the screen goes black, i get the mouse cursor for about 1 second, and then i exits back to the console.
I had a look at the xorg.log and i can't see any errors in it. Also, if i login as a normal user and run "startx" it works just fine, i get the basic x window system with the 3 greenish windows and the clock.

My suspicion is therefore that it has something to do with kdm, but i'm at a loss about how to figure out what is wrong. Btw, if i set xdm to use xdm it starts up fine. I can also run "startkde" from the basic windows system(3 greenish consoles and the clock) and then kde4 sort of starts. Looks a bit weird though as it's not exactly supposed to be run that way.

Any suggestions on how to get kdm working?

Kind_of_blue · Post by **Kind_of_blue** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:38 pm

I had a similar problem with kdebase-startkde-4.1.1 on kde 4.1.2

Kolrotada · Post by **Kolrotada** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:06 pm

I also had the same problem (i don't remember what version i used, but it was from the kdesvn-overlay)
I looked in the kdm.log and it said something about dbus-machine.
So i did "/etc/init.d/dbus restart" and then "/etc/init.d/xdm restart" and it worked.
But i have really no clue what is going on in gentoo, so i was just lucky

erikderzweite · Post by **erikderzweite** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:18 pm

elsenator wrote:I've followed the guide to install kde 4.1.2 and everything seemed to install perfectly. I installed it on a clean system. When i "/etc/init.d/xdm start" (after setting xdm to kdm in conf.d), the screen goes black, i get the mouse cursor for about 1 second, and then i exits back to the console.
I had a look at the xorg.log and i can't see any errors in it. Also, if i login as a normal user and run "startx" it works just fine, i get the basic x window system with the 3 greenish windows and the clock.

My suspicion is therefore that it has something to do with kdm, but i'm at a loss about how to figure out what is wrong. Btw, if i set xdm to use xdm it starts up fine. I can also run "startkde" from the basic windows system(3 greenish consoles and the clock) and then kde4 sort of starts. Looks a bit weird though as it's not exactly supposed to be run that way.

Any suggestions on how to get kdm working?

What do you have in /etc/conf.d/xdm? Try setting DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm-4.1"
Also, try to start kde from "clean" X with startkde and see if that works.

elsenator · Post by **elsenator** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:33 pm

Kolrotada wrote:I also had the same problem (i don't remember what version i used, but it was from the kdesvn-overlay)
I looked in the kdm.log and it said something about dbus-machine.
So i did "/etc/init.d/dbus restart" and then "/etc/init.d/xdm restart" and it worked.
But i have really no clue what is going on in gentoo, so i was just lucky

YES!!! that was it, dbus wasn't started

KDE 4 is now running smoothly and damn it looks and plays well.

Thanks for all your answers, i really appreciate it.

Franchute13 · Post by **Franchute13** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:30 pm

Hello
I have a problem with KDE4. When I try to run startkde throws the following error:

$DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the X server.

But startx and kdm starts well.
What could it be?

Thank

BdON · Post by **BdON** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:10 pm

Hello
I have a problem with KDE4. When I try to run startkde throws the following error:

$DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the X server.

But startx and kdm starts well.
What could it be?

Thank

I am having the same issue. I have tried kde and kde-4.1 in /etc/conf.d/xdm.

To be clear, I can get into KDE if I issue startx first, then from inside there run startkde.

I added dbus to the default startup level as well as xdm. I get a login manager when I boot up, I believe it is just xdm, it is definitely not kdm, and when I log in it takes me to an X session but with no windows at all, just the checkerboard background.

Thanks

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