Thanks for the quick response. My problem is that KDE3.0_1 was not
installed using pkg_add. I built it directly from sources - largely
because KDE 3 comes in bz2 format while freebsd 4.6.2 supports only tgz
files. <br>
So I really cannot do pkg_add -f kde3. <br>
I am now wondering if there is a place which lists all the files in a
KDE3.0 installation. I can then compare that with my installation and
install the missing files.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/17/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave Feustel</b> <<a href="mailto:dfeustel@verizon.net">dfeustel@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Monday 17 October 2005 18:26, Bharma Ji wrote:<br>> I am using KDE3.0_1 running on FreeBSD 4.6.2 (installed after a great deal<br>> of effort).<br>> I then installed cervisia 1.4.1_1 from<br>> <a href="http://ftp11.us.freebsd.org">
ftp11.us.freebsd.org</a><<a href="http://ftp11.us.freebsd.org">http://ftp11.us.freebsd.org</a>>using pkg_add.<br>> Unfortunately cervisia also installed<br>> kdelibs2.2.2_1<br>> Now I am unable to start KDE desktop. I get an error 'Unable to start
<br>> ksmserver. Check your installation'.<br>> I then uninstaled cervisia and kdelibs2.2.2_1 using pkg_delete,<br>> Now I get even more errors saying 'Unable to find kdeinit and ksmserver.<br>> Check your installation'
<br>> Search of the filesystem shows that kdeinit has disappeared<br>> What is the fastest way to get out of this. I am hard pressed for time and<br>> did not expect cervisia to silently mess up the kde installation.
<br>><br>> I am willing to look at different ways so that I can at least get the<br>> desktop started<br>> Thanks for any answers<br><br>I had a similar, although much less serious problem on openbsd.<br>After I deleted the packages that screwed up my system, I did a
<br>pkg_add -f of the damaged package to restore the missing files<br>(libraries). The -f option tells the openbsd pkg_add program to add<br>the package no matter what conflicts are discovered. I don't know<br>whether the freebsd pkg_add has that option.
<br><br>--<br>Tired of having to defend against Malware?<br>You know: trojans, viruses, SPYWARE, ADWARE,<br>KEYLOGGERS, rootkits, worms and popups.<br>Then Switch to OpenBSD with a KDE desktop!!!<br></blockquote></div><br>