jds3 in solaris 10 x86 broken

> Hi, i am a novice to unix and have been trying to

> learn solaris for some time now. I finally have a

> system that will allow me to install the os with

> minimum headaches. The problem i have been

> experiencing is that when i install kde OR SUN GNOME,

> something related to it causes jds to brake. I get a

> black background when i log in to jds and can only

> use some applications. if i try to change the

> background through the jds tool it crashes. can

> someone advise me what may be affecting gnome and how

> to fix it please. (JDS WORKS FINE IF KDE AND ITS

> DEPENDANCIES NOT INSTALLED)

>

> my system specs:

> AMD 3000+ PROC

> ASUS A7N8XE-DELUXE MB

> 1.5 GIG RAM

> 80 GIG HD

> 256 MB ATI VID CARD

> PINNACLE CAPTURE CARD

> 2 PROMISE PCI CONTROLLER CARDS(4 80 GIG HD ATTACHED)

well i guess no one need reply as i resolved my issue through another source other than this forum or Sun as a matter of fact. It is very interesting that Sun wants people to try and use its software, however when help is asked for the replies are very scarce or nil. not everyone is a programmer or an expert in unix, and even though a question asked may seem stupid to some. the only way you are going to win over the general masses is to respond,reply and try to make non unix users who want to learn and try unix feel welcomed and appreicated. just my two cents and i probably wont be using this forum again.

reinstalled at 2007-7-6 14:55:02 >

> I apologize, someone usually responds on this forum

> within a day or two, and I'm currently working on

> newer opensolaris releases and one of the older linux

> based JDS releases, so your combination of JDS3

> Solaris with KDE wasn't easily to replicate without

> wiping a system that I'm using for something else.

>

> In the future I would suggest that you post such

> questions to one of the opensolaris forums:

> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=39

> start=0

>

> Here is a thread on installing KDE from blastwave:

> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=

> 26374朆

>

> If you think this combination of JDS3 and KDE would

> be useful to others, I'd appreciate if you could post

> your solution. Even "newbies" can contribute.

nitz thank you for responding, it has been frustrating trying to get this beast up and running. First i had resolved the problem by cleanining up my /etc/profile file as there were duplicate path statements and statements in incorrect order, caused by me following stuff i got over the internet and not realizing that solaris puts some of those statements automatically into env path. This was working fine until i had to reinstall thus mu handle REINSTALLED :-)

because i forgot to create a hard link between /usr and /opt/csw which my soft link got trashed. now after reinstalling the OS and programs from blastwave the black background is back in JDS. any help or suggestions will be appreciated. on another note i have been able to fix the sig 11 error associated with kde as follows;

*make sure /opt/csw/kde-gcc/bin and /opt/csw/bin is at the end of the path list, because the compilier was interfering with the css compilier.

also do not install qt from blastwave as kde also has its own qt files built in. when i installed qt for use with another program i get the sig 11 error and kde will not login or work properly, but when i just pkgrm /opt/CSWqt , everything worked normal again.

Thanks again for responding.

reinstalled at 2007-7-6 14:55:03 >