Thanks and sorry. I think I've read something similiar in previous posts but I thought it was unrelated.
Jesse On Monday 18 December 2000 13:09, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > 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
