Re: [newbie] KDE4 desktop

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 02 July 2008 20:38:51 Keith Powell wrote:
> I'm running 2008.1 and downloaded KDE4 a few hours ago, to have a
> first look at it. I used task-KDE4.
>
> KDM shows everything being loaded, but there is no KDE4 desktop. Just
> a blank white screen, an error message 'This object could not be
> created', a bouncing cursor, and the sound clips.
>
> KDE3.5.9 is working perfectly.
>
> I've checked the packages and I can't see anything obvious which I
> have missed.
>
> Can't find this problem mentioned on the lists.
>
> Any ideas, please?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Keith
>
Hi, Keith.  Open Software Installer and put kde4 into the search box.  You are 
probably missing a package, but you should be able to guess which packages 
need to be installed.  This is what I have:

rpm -qa | grep kde4
kde4-libkipi-0.2.0-0.750146.3mdv2008.1
kde4-ksame-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-ksudoku-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kmousetool-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kruler-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-filesharing-4.0.3-2mdv2008.1
kde4-ktux-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kpat-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kuser-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-k9copy-2.0.0-1plf2008.1
kde4-digikam-0.10.0-0.753592.1mdv2008.1
kde4-kcoloredit-4.0.2-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kmediafactory-0.6.0-3mdv2008.1
kde4-cervisia-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
python-kde4-4.0.4-2mdv2008.1
kde4-kommander-4.0.2-5mdv2008.1
kde4-kdepasswd-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-krdc-4.0.3-2mdv2008.1
kde4-kdialog-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-juk-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kfilereplace-4.0.2-5mdv2008.1
kde4-kcharselect-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kfind-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-audiocd-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-quanta-4.0.2-3mdv2008.1
kde4-sweeper-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-konsole-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kdessh-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kdnssd-4.0.3-2mdv2008.1
kde4-knetworkconf-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kwrite-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-keditbookmarks-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kscd-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-ksnapshot-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-gwenview-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-ktorrent-3.0.0-2mdv2008.1
kde4-kimagemapeditor-4.0.2-5mdv2008.1
kde4-dolphin-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kppp-4.0.3-2mdv2008.1
kde4-knewsticker-4.0.3-2mdv2008.1
kde4-kworldclock-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kgpg-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kwallet-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kcron-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kappfinder-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kmouth-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kgamma-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
python-kde4-doc-4.0.4-2mdv2008.1
kde4-raptor-1.0.0-0.746505.4mdv2008.1
kde4-kdeprintfax-3.94.0-0.727635.1mdv2008.1
mandriva-kde4-config-2008.0-2mdv2008.1
kde4-ktimer-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-krfb-4.0.3-2mdv2008.1
task-kde4-minimal-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kompare-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-ark-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kmilo-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kget-4.0.3-2mdv2008.1
kde4-konqueror-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kttsd-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kbugbuster-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kdm-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-okular-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-parley-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-k3b-1.95-0.766860.1mdv2008.1
kde4-kmplayer-0.11.0-0.rc2.4mdv2008.1
libkde4-kmediafactory0-0.6.0-3mdv2008.1
kde4-nsplugins-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kweather-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kpackage-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kmix-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-marble-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-l10n-en_GB-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-libkexiv2-0.2.0-0.753579.1mdv2008.1
kde4-klinkstatus-4.0.2-5mdv2008.1
kde4-kcalc-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kblogger-0.8-0.741164.3mdv2008.1
kde4-superkaramba-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kfloppy-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kopete-4.0.3-2mdv2008.1
kde4-kinfocenter-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
task-kde4-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kcolorchooser-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-libkdcraw-0.2.0-0.744910.4mdv2008.1
kde4-lokalize-4.0.0-3mdv2008.1
kde4-kftpgrabber-0.8.99-0.741976.4mdv2008.1
kde4-kjots-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kate-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kdf-4.0.3-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kmag-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1
kde4-kolourpaint-4.0.4-1mdv2008.1

HTH

Anne
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