[ltp] KUBUNTU Install

[Richard Neill]

Dear Skipper,

If you can get the install as far as the root prompt, you've won 90% of 
the battle. Am I understanding correctly that you can boot into the new 
system, and it gets as far as a root prompt?

If so, try in order:

1)Check that networking is up. Try
     ping www.google.com

2)Install KDE (if not already present):
     apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

3)Start the X-server:
     /etc/init.d/kdm stop
     /etc/init.d/kdm start

   i)  if this fails, try gdm instead of kdm)
   ii) If that fails, look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log  or email it to us.

Tell us which of these steps were necessary, and what happened.

3 other thoughts:

i)You could try using the Ubuntu CD, and then install the 
kubuntu-desktop  package. That will give you KDE.

ii)If you're using an Ubuntu-6 series disk, may I recommend you try 
something like 7.10 ? Many hardware problems have been resolved in the 
last 2 years.

iii)You could also install via a network - look up "PXE install". It's 
not necessary in your case, since you have already got grub installed, 
but it's useful to know.

Regards,

Richard


skipper wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> There are two installs - the one via Windows and the Alternative 
> install. If I do an Alternative install there's no KDE Desktop - I just 
> have a root or user prompt. The only good news for me is that I can 
> install via grub.
> 
> I'd like to install via the version 6 KUBUNTU and have the KDE desktop - 
> but I'm not running windows.
> 
> I also have a USB CD - I may add that I have to reinstall Linspire 5 
> just so I can send this e-mail!
> 
> Here is the issue: I have a USB CD/RW which the bios does not boot from 
> - but via grub with the contents of a CD copied to the hard disk I can 
> either install Linspire or KUBUNTU Alternative CD but no KDE desktop 
> gets installed - why I don't know.
> 
> I want to install KUBUNTU 6 with KDE. I have tried to use grub but it 
> stalls looking for an operating system - there must be a way round this 
> issue - which is simple.
> 
> I don't have the option of another laptop - but I do have access over a 
> network though KUBUNTU Desktop has no network install.
> 
> The other option is if the Alternative KUBUNTU installs how can I 
> install the KDE files that exist on the hard disk and on the CD? Why do 
> they not install?
> 
> Happy New Year To All!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David