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I've installed Slackware 10.2 on one of my Desktops and it all worked fine. I just installed it on my Laptop, and when I go to start KDE (by typing ...
  1. 11-27-2005 #1
    SenorDingDong
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    Just Installed on my Laptop, KDE wont start?

    I've installed Slackware 10.2 on one of my Desktops and it all worked fine. I just installed it on my Laptop, and when I go to start KDE (by typing startx), it says command not found....

    I dont get it, I chose KDE as the default desktop in the install menu, and it works fine on my desktop if I type in startx. I tried startkde to and it also didnt work.

    Whats goin on?
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    You don't happen to be root do you?

    Silly question, but you did install KDE right?

    What happens if you search for startx (sorry, I forget where it is)?
    Code:
    find / -name startx
    Do that as root.

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    fixed. I reinstalled.
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    actually with slack there is no reason to reinstall. Unlike other distros everything will happen the same every time. I tend to believe this was a configuration problem (i.e. not loading X) not a distro problem

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  5. 11-28-2005 #5
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    well the first time i used the useradd command, the second time i used adduser to add my user and startx from that. I guess it didnt like useradd
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    damn syntactical differences!
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  7. 11-28-2005 #7
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    useradd just adds the user and group to /etc/passwd and /etc/group

    adduser is a proper wrapper script to setup the finger information, home directory, and login name / group
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