> For some reason the panel (I think this is what it's called, the thing on the > bottom with the big 'K' on it ;-) is not loading. After reviewing the output > of dpkg --get-selections (which I have attached) I noticed kpanel is not > installed. I tried installing it but got the error that it "Can't find > package kpanel." I ftp'ed over to kde.tdyc.com and looked into > /debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz and couldn't find any > reference to kpanel. Has the package name changed or am I in between uploads > to the server? > > > One other thing I've noticed is that on starting KDE2 the splash screens are > missing. I do have a working install of KDE2 on my laptop which I'm writing > this email from. I tried comparing the differences between the two but > figured I'd try you guys to see if this is an easy fix I'm just > overlooking:-).
When you start kde2 your not using /usr/bin/kde2...your using /usr/bin/kwm which only starts kwin and kdekstop...this is by design (to conform to policy) and will actually be going totally away. best solution is to create a ~/.xsession file with exec /usr/bin/kde2 in it. Ivan -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
