Want to try KDE in Ubuntu - how

Diss · 11 May 2006 at 07:05

Hi

Is it as simple as using Synamptic to instal the KDE packages - i assume this still leaves gnome as default.

And then chooing a KDE session (assuming the above adds it to the session list) and then choose a KDE session from 'options' on the login screen?

Is this OK or likely to mess thngs up?

thanks

Diss

Una · 11 May 2006 at 09:58

Thats fine, when you install either kdm or gdm.. it will ask you which display manager you wish to have as default. Then you can just select which desktop interface you wish to run from the gui when you log in.

Diss · 11 May 2006 at 21:02

thanks Una

It so nearly worked

Just got the following after the login screen that then stops KDE loading
"Could not read network connections list /home/voteslave/.DCOPsever_ubuntu__0"
Please check the dcop server program isrunning"

I checked synaptic and couldn't see that program

i googled and got stuff that was very similar but didn't really understand it - its was about file ownership i think - see here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/printthread.php?t=26208
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-26208.html

also i don't appear to even have this file :/home/voteslave/.DCOPsever_ubuntu.0

any suggestions?

Thanks

Una · 12 May 2006 at 09:03

Make sure KDM/GDM is running as root.

Diss · 12 May 2006 at 15:52

thanks Una

how do i do that?

i would add that i dug around somemore and sort of fixed it - but only by making my .kde directoryread/write/execute for all - sort of the opposite of what you suggest but presumably a lot less secure

interested to see how to do this properly

many thanks

Diss

dabotsonline · 13 May 2006 at 01:59

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

Diss · 13 May 2006 at 06:18

tried aptget and got this message?

E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporari ly unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory

related to my original probelm

thanks

diss

deano · 13 May 2006 at 07:04

Hi

that error is becasue another apt-get process is using the files so the one that uour trying to run carn't get a lock.
have a look see how many apt processes you have running.

#ps -aux | grep apt-get

cheers
Deano

Diss · 13 May 2006 at 19:24

its worked now - previously i had opened the updater and am pretty sure i closed it - however this time i tried aptget first and all worked fine

thanks

Diss