> So X starts fine? (you wouldn't have an xterm otherwise) I can start X by running xdm instead of kdm
> But please be more precise: "Both startkde and kde3 do not start kde" is an > absolutely useless statement. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ startkde startkde: Starting up... ksplash: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: FcInit kdeinit: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: FcPatternAddInteger startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ kde3 startkde: Starting up... ksplash: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: FcInit kdeinit: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: FcPatternAddInteger startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory ksmserver: relocation error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: FcInit startkde: Shutting down... Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory Error: Can't contact kdeinit! startkde: Running shutdown scripts... startkde: Done. Both command also cause an xmessage popup saying: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation. > If you want a selection like kdm has but you don't want kdm, try wdm instead Thanks for the tip unfortunately I can select the session as kde now but get the "Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation" error :-( -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .