The handbook explains file systems, mounts, services etc in earlier chapters, so the KDE section really has everything you need and it's at least debatable whether adding a lot of text HERE makes sense…P.S.: Hopefully they corrected the Handbook to include:
At runtime: do as root:mount /proc
if you didn't reboot after adding /proc to fstab(5).
startx
would automatically lauch a KDE session. Well, uhm... DISPLAY
is a red herring here, because OP insists trying to run startplasma-x11
from the console. You never need to add it to ~/.xinitrc (and you shouldn't as it would break with multiple X servers). command
versus what goes into a file. Regarding preciseness: Yes, you're right; but if you're not used to that, you have to learn & get used to it 1st. So if your anger is gone, maybe drop him a PM that he can contact you? X11 runs, even w/o accel, but that can be fixed afterwards. cat ~/.xinitrc
as user steve and mount | fgrep proc
should show at least procfs on /proc (procfs, local)
cat ~/.xinitrc
: exec ck-launch-session startplasma-x11
startx
, KDE starts but quits very quickly and that Xorg.0.log is the log file?Was the GPU specified by creating a line with[ 84.544] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:2a42:1025:048a rev 7, Mem @ 0xd0000000/4194304, 0xc0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00004110/8, BIOS @ 0x????????/65536
[ 84.545] (--) PCI: (0@0:2:1) 8086:2a43:1025:048a rev 7, Mem @ 0xd3400000/1048576
BusID
for in your Xorg config?BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
pciconf -lv | grep -B 4 VGA
.that file ~/.Xauthority does not existIt could be - this is a guess - you (user steve) just have torm ~/.Xauthority
and then this show-stopper about(EE) Failed to open authorization file "/home/steve/.serverauth.1109": No such file or directory
is resolved.
Well, I'm the most "keen" to have people learn things that help them to solve problems themselves and therefore a bit annoyed we're kind of walking around in circles. Sure I'd like to help. But hey, it could be a lot more efficient.
Example: about ~/.xinitrc. Well, you might not know what ~ means in a path. Then you try google (whatever method of online research you like), and given this can be unsuccessful without an idea what to search, you ASK. Or maybe you're confused this file doesn't exist: then you ask whether you're supposed to create it. What you DON'T do: just assume the handbook means a DIFFERENT file, that has almost the same name, except without the period at the beginning, and further assume this is a typo in the handbook and ~ is just some weird styling or whatever...
That said: The expectation is that actually following the handbook will give you a working KDE plasma session. Sure it's possible to face a problem where this isn't the case. But we could be MUCH quicker here identifying that problem (if there is any) without this amount of red herring produced by sloppy habits…
So SAJM I just ASK you again: be precise. Double check what you do, and what's written in manuals. Ask about specific things you don't understand. Describe exactly (if possible *literal* commands typed) what you tried. Seriously, this WILL
pleasecat ~/.xinitrc
into the forum, alsols ~/.x*
. All as user steve.
Like thisPost short listings inline: [CODE]...listing here...[/CODE]
cat ~/.xinitrc-save
exec ck-launch-session startplasma-x11