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I just rebuilt QT from source, the same version I'm currently using, but when I try to log in to KDE, the screen goes black momentarily and then I'm presented with the KDE login screen again..........I'm using QT-3.3.1 and KDE-3.2.1 on Slackware 9.1....

I've compared the packages, and all the binaries and libs between the original and rebuilt packages seem to be the same, nothing is missing.....???

Any ideas would be helpful

Anyone have any experience with this....................or pet theories, superstitions, and whatever...

Here's the output from using the 'startkde' command. But I should tell you that I get the same output with the official qt-3.3.1 Slackware package: [code:1]xset: unable to open display ""
xset: unable to open display ""
xset: unable to open display ""
xsetroot: unable to open display ''
startkde: Starting up...
ksplash: cannot connect to X server
kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set.
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
ksmserver: cannot connect to X server
startkde: Shutting down...
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
startkde: Done. [/code:1]
First, I'm running in runlevel 4, not runlevel 3, so when I go to tty1, I cannot enter anything since KDE is started automatically. There is no command prompt............The only other console available, which I can log in to, is Alt-F6.

I logged into that one, removed the official qt pkg, installed my compiled qt pkg, and then ran 'startkde', which gave the me the above output.....................However, after removing my pkg and reinstalling the official pkg, I ran 'startkde' and got the same output above, yet I can start the gui using the command 'kdm'........................The command 'kdm' doesn't give me any messages of any kind on the console......

This problem has the exact same symptons that would happen if there are any missing startup files for kdm in the /opt/kde/share/config/kdm directory................that is, you start with a login screen, but when you try to log in, the screen blacks out momentarily, then you are presented with the login screen again....

*** AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY ***

It seems this will go unsolved.......................I found a workaround, of sorts

What I did was to compile a newer version of QT (3.3.2) and tried that one out...................and it worked....

I used the same configure options as before, but version 3.3.2 seems to be working, where version 3.3.1 wouldn't let me login to KDE.....oh well...*shrugs*

BTW, I found the 'startkde' command only works if the X server is already up and running................but thanks anyway, seb

Not quite.........you must compile and install arts before compiling any other kde pkg.............The order is:

arts
kdelibs
kdebase
and the rest

It is also recommeded to compile and install kdeaddons last................Take a look at BLFS (Beyond Linux From Scratch) for some good advice about compiling and installing KDE.................You can also take a look at the "KDE.SlackBuild" script in the source/kde/ directory from one of the Slackware mirrors for the order Slackware uses to compile and install KDE..........

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PS: You can take a look at BLFS cvs for more current info on KDE 3.2......