[arch-general] Bit of a snag in starting kde3 - No devices detected - driver prob?

David C. Rankin drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com
Wed Apr 22 04:00:41 EDT 2009


David C. Rankin wrote:
> Listmates,
> 
> 	Having a bit more difficulty getting kde going than I anticipated. I installed
> with "kdemod3-complete", installed xorg, and the nvidia driver for my 8800GT.
> nvidia module loads fine. First attempt resulted in the following errors:
<snip>
> 
> 	Also, how do I get kde started on top of X. With the openSuSE install a
> startkde3 script takes care of it, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc sources the
> $DISPLAYMANAGER from /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager (kdm3 in my case) and then
> kde just appears. Any thought as to what piece of the puzzle I've messed up?
> 
> 

	I have found /etc/rc.d/kdm3, and I am searching for where it gets called by
startx -- any hints? Also, I'll try downgrading the nvidia driver, in the mean
time.

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