On 19/04/06, Stephen Liu <satimis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I can't start KDE on "init 3" > > > # startkde > xsetroot:unable to open display > xset: unable to open display > startkde: starting > ksplash: cannot connect to Xserver > kdeinit: aborting. $DISPLAY is not set > warning: connect ( ) failed: : no such file or directory > ksmserver: cannot connect to X server > ERROR: couldn't attach to DCOP server ! > startkde: shutting down > warning: connect ( ) failed :No such file or directory > ERROR: can't contact kdeinit ! > startkde: running shutdown scripts > startkde: done > * * * END * * * > > Why do you want to do this? (the only significant difference between 3 and 5 should be the presence of X, along with starting a desktop) I think (but am not certain) startx first will work. -- imalone