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+<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
+ "dtd/kdex.dtd"
+> -->
+
+
+<chapter id="install">
+<title
+>Installation instructions</title>
+
+<para
+>These are the generic installation instructions for the K Desktop Environment. Please complement your reading with the <filename
+>README</filename
+>s and <filename
+>INSTALL</filename
+>s that come along with the package. Please read them carefully and try to help yourself out if anything goes wrong. If you need further assistance, consider joining the &kde; mailing lists (see our web site instructions for joining the &kde; <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/mailinglists/"
+>mailing lists</ulink
+>) or newsgroups.</para>
+
+
+<qandaset>
+
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>To the would-be converts</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+
+<para
+>So you have heard the rumours. Or you have seen the screenshots. And you are dying to get hold of &kde;. But you know next to nothing about this whole <quote
+>alternative OS</quote
+> business. Don't worry! You only need to do some (well, maybe not some) reading, that's all!</para>
+
+<para
+>&kde; does not run on any version of &Microsoft; &Windows; or OS/2 (yet). To run &kde;, you need to have a &UNIX; system. Please refer to <xref linkend="platform"/> for more details.</para>
+
+<para
+>Decide on a platform and set it up for your system. This <acronym
+>FAQ</acronym
+> can not help you with this, since &kde;<ulink url="http://www.kde.org"
+> runs on many &UNIX;</ulink
+> platforms. </para>
+
+<!-- Taken out because we can not help with all platforms and KDEisnotLINUX -->
+
+<para
+>Finally, you are ready to commence the &kde; installation. Please start reading from the next section. To get &kde;, please refer to <xref linkend="where-to-get-kde"/>. Last but not least, if you encounter any problems while installing &kde;, please do not hesitate to make use of the &kde; <link linkend="mailing-lists"
+>mailing lists</link
+> and <link linkend="newsgroups"
+>newsgroups</link
+>. But do bear this in mind: no question is too silly to ask, but some are too silly to answer, especially when they are already answered in this <acronym
+>FAQ</acronym
+>.</para>
+<para
+>Good luck and have fun!</para>
+
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>Available package formats</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+
+
+<para
+>You can find several kinds of binary and source packages for different distributions and operating systems on the &kde-ftp;. The binary packages are not made by the &kde; Team, but by the distributors themselves, or some dedicated individuals. Please refer to <ulink url="http://dot.kde.org/986933826/"
+>&kde; Package Policy Explained</ulink
+> for information about the &kde; Package Policy. The only <quote
+>official</quote
+> release is the source tar.bz2 packages. Please refer to the <filename
+>README</filename
+>s and <filename
+>INSTALL</filename
+>s in the several binaries folders. For a list of the available packages for a release, refer to the relevant info page. For the latest release this is the <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/info/3.2.php"
+>&kde; 3.2 Info Page</ulink
+>.</para>
+
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="prerequisites">
+<para
+>Prerequisites</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+
+<!-- rewrite to make it more general, pointing to the according webpages? -->
+
+<para
+>For &kde; 3.2, you need the &Qt; library version 3.2 or greater. Please make sure you download the correct &Qt;. You will also need the header files, if you want to compile &kde; yourself. They are all available, at no cost, from <ulink url="http://www.trolltech.com/products/download"
+>http://www.trolltech.com/download</ulink
+>. In addition, there are optional libraries that might improve &kde; if installed on your system. An example is OpenSSL which will enable &konqueror; to browse web pages securely and is needed in a version 
+>=0.9.6. These should be provided by your distributor; if not, ask for an update.</para>
+
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>Description of the base packages</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>The base distribution currently consists of eleven packages. Some are required, while others are optional. Each package is available in each of the aforementioned package formats.</para>
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdelibs</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Required</para>
+<para
+>This package contains shared libraries that are needed by all &kde; applications.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdebase</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Required</para>
+<para
+>This package contains the base applications that form the core of the K Desktop Environment like the window manager, the terminal emulator, the control centre, the file manager, and the panel.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>&arts;</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Required</para>
+<para
+>The &arts; sound server. A powerful, network transparent sound server.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdeaddons</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>Various plugins for &kate;, &kicker;, &knewsticker;, &konqueror; and &noatun; </para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdeartwork</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>Additional wallpapers, themes, styles, sounds ...</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdebindings</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>Various bindings for other languages, including &Java;, Perl, Python, ...</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdegames</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>Various games like &kmahjongg;, &ksnake;, &kasteroids;, and &kpatience;.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdegraphics</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>Various graphics-related programs like &PostScript; previewer, &DVI; previewer, and a drawing program.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdeutils</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>Various desktop tools like a calculator, an editor and other nifty stuff.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdemultimedia</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>Multimedia applications like a &CD; player and a mixer.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdenetwork</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>Network applications. Currently contains the mail program &kmail;, the news reader &knode;, and several other network-related programs.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdeadmin</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>System administration programs.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdeedu</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Educational and entertaining applications for &kde;'s younger users. </para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdetoys</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>Toys!</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>tdevelop</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Optional</para>
+<para
+>A complete Integrated Development Environment for &kde; and Qt</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+	
+<para
+>&arts; and then tdelibs should be installed before everything else, and tdeaddons last. The other packages can be installed in any arbitrary order.</para>
+
+<para
+>Most package management tools will let you put all these packages in one folder and install them all at once, figuring out the dependencies as they go.</para>
+
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>Installation instructions for the different package formats</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+><important>
+<para
+>Please do not forget to read the <filename
+>README</filename
+> and <filename
+>INSTALL</filename
+> files if they are available.</para>
+</important
+></para>
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Installation of the Debian packages</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>The Debian packages install in accordance with the upcoming <acronym
+>FHS</acronym
+> (File Hierarchy Standard).</para>
+<procedure>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>become superuser</para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>run <command
+>dpkg <option
+>-i <replaceable
+>packagename.deb</replaceable
+></option
+></command
+> for every package you want to install.</para
+></step>
+</procedure>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Installation of the <acronym
+>RPM</acronym
+> packages</term>
+<listitem>
+<procedure>
+<title
+>To install binary <acronym
+>RPM</acronym
+>s</title>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>become superuser</para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>execute <command
+>rpm <option
+>-ivh <replaceable
+>packagename.rpm</replaceable
+></option
+></command
+></para
+></step>
+</procedure>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Installation of the source <filename
+>.tar.bz2</filename
+> files</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Since there are always changes and updates to the way &kde; is compiled, please refer to <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/build/index.html"
+>Download and Install from Source</ulink
+> for the most up to date installation instructions for the source packages. </para>
+<para
+>The general approach should work in most cases though. </para>
+<para
+>The source <filename
+>.tar.bz2</filename
+> package installs into <filename class="directory"
+>/usr/local/kde</filename
+> by default. You can override this setting by using the <option
+>--prefix</option
+> option of the <filename
+>configure</filename
+> script.</para>
+<procedure>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>unpack the packages with <command
+>tar <option
+>jxvf <replaceable
+>packagename.tar.bz2</replaceable
+></option
+></command
+></para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>change folder to the package folder: <command
+>cd <replaceable
+>packagename</replaceable
+></command
+></para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>configure the package: <command
+>./configure</command
+> <note
+><para
+>Some packages (notably tdebase) have special configuration options that might be applicable to your installation. Type <command
+>./configure <option
+>--help</option
+></command
+> to see the available options.</para
+></note
+></para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>build the package: <command
+>make</command
+></para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>install the package: <command
+>su <option
+>-c "make install"</option
+></command
+> (if you aren't already root). If you already are, just type <command
+>make <option
+>install</option
+></command
+>.</para
+></step>
+</procedure>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>Post-installation procedures</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>First of all, please make sure that you have added &kde;'s binary installation folder (&eg; <filename class="directory"
+>/usr/local/kde/bin</filename
+>) to your <envar
+>PATH</envar
+> and &kde;'s library installation folder to your <envar
+>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar
+> (only necessary on systems that do not support rpath; on &Linux; &ELF;, it should work without). This environment variable may be called differently on some systems, &eg; it is called <envar
+>SHLIB_PATH</envar
+> on &IRIX;. Then set the environment variable <envar
+>KDEDIR</envar
+> to the base of your &kde; tree, &eg; <filename class="directory"
+>/usr/local/kde</filename
+>. <caution
+> <para
+>Please bear in mind that it is unwise to set <envar
+>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar
+> blindly. In the vast majority of cases it is unnecessary and can do more harm than good. There is a web page written by <ulink url="mailto:[email protected]"
+>Dave Barr</ulink
+> explaining the evils of <envar
+>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar
+> and it can be found at <ulink url="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/ldpath.html"
+>http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/ldpath.html</ulink
+>.</para>
+</caution>
+</para>
+<para
+>Even though you can use most of the &kde; applications simply by calling them, you can only benefit fully from &kde;'s advanced features if you use the &kde; window manager and its helper programs.</para>
+<para
+>In order to make it easy for you, we have provided a simple script called <filename
+>starttde</filename
+> which gets installed in <filename class="directory"
+>$<envar
+>KDEDIR</envar
+>/bin</filename
+> and is therefore in your path.</para>
+<para
+>Edit the file <filename
+>.xinitrc</filename
+> in your home folder (make a backup copy first!), remove everything that looks like calling a window manager, and insert <command
+>starttde</command
+> instead. Restart the &X-Server;. If you use &kdm;/<application
+>xdm</application
+>, you will have to edit the file <filename
+>.xsession</filename
+> instead of <filename
+>.xinitrc</filename
+>. And if there is no <filename
+>.xinitrc</filename
+> or <filename
+>.xsession</filename
+> in your home folder, simply create a new one with just one line containing <command
+>starttde</command
+>. <note
+> <para
+>Some systems (notably &RedHat; &Linux;) use <filename
+>.Xclients</filename
+> instead.</para>
+</note
+></para>
+<para
+>This should present you with a new shining &kde; desktop. You can now start to explore the wonderful world of &kde;. In case you want to read some documentation first, there is a highly recommended <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/documentation/quickstart/index.html"
+>Quick Start guide</ulink
+> available. Furthermore, every application has an online help that is available via the <guimenu
+>help</guimenu
+> menu.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>Should I remove old version xyz before installing a new one?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>In principle, this is not necessary. <acronym
+>RPM</acronym
+> and Debian packages should take care of all dependencies.</para>
+<para
+>If you compile the source code yourself, you should take more care. Instructions for running two different versions of &kde; on the same system are given at <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/build/kde2-and-kde3.html"
+>http://developer.kde.org/build/kde2-and-kde3.html</ulink
+>. However, please note that running two different versions of &kde; from source can lead to problems if you are not careful. </para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="starttde">
+<para
+>How do I start &kde;?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>The most comfortable method to start &kde; is to use the <filename
+>starttde</filename
+> script. Simply put the line <command
+>starttde</command
+> at the end of your <filename
+>.xsession</filename
+> file (or your <filename
+>.xinitrc</filename
+> or <filename
+>.Xclients</filename
+> file if you are not using &kdm; or <application
+>xdm</application
+>). Please also remove the lines that start your previous window manager. If there is no <filename
+>.xsession</filename
+>, <filename
+>.xinitrc</filename
+>, or <filename
+>.Xclients</filename
+> in your home folder, simply create a new one that contains just one line: <command
+>starttde</command
+>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+<!-- Still needed?
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>Whenever I start &kde;, it complains about "shadow passwords".
+Why?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>When your system uses shadow passwords, the screensaver can only
+run properly if the suid bit is set.  This bit gives the screensavers
+root privileges, which are needed to access the shadow passwords.
+<caution
+><para
+>The screensavers might be configured to secure the
+machine until the password is entered.</para
+></caution
+></para>
+<procedure>
+<title
+>Setting the suid bit on the screensavers</title>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>become root</para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+><command
+>chown root
+$<envar
+>KDEDIR</envar
+>/bin/*.kss</command
+></para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+><command
+>chmod u+s
+$<envar
+>KDEDIR</envar
+>/bin/*.kss</command
+></para
+></step>
+</procedure>
+<para
+>Alternatively, if you compile &kde; from source, you can use
+<command
+>./configure <option
+>with-shadow</option
+></command
+> to
+configure tdebase.  Then the suid bit is set automatically during
+<command
+>make install</command
+>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+-->
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>Is it possible to install &kde; in a user folder?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>Yes, you can install &kde; in any folder you want. What you have to do depends on the kind of packages you want to install:</para>
+<procedure
+><title
+>Source packages</title>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>Configure and install the package using <command
+>configure <option
+>--prefix=<replaceable
+>/users/myhome/kde</replaceable
+></option
+>; make; make install</command
+> to install into <filename class="directory"
+>/users/myhome/kde</filename
+>.</para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>Add the following to your init files. Please note that if it is not necessary for you to set <envar
+>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar
+>, it is better to leave it out.</para>
+
+<para
+>For csh or tcsh:</para>
+<programlisting
+>setenv KDEDIR /users/myhome/kde
+
+if ( $?LD_LIBRARY_PATH ) then
+   setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $KDEDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+   setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $KDEDIR/lib
+endif
+
+if ( ! $?LIBRARY_PATH ) then
+   setenv LIBRARY_PATH $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+endif  
+</programlisting>
+<para
+>For <application
+>bash</application
+>:</para>
+<programlisting
+>KDEDIR=/users/myhome/kde
+PATH=$KDEDIR/bin:$PATH
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$KDEDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export KDEDIR PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH LIBRARY_PATH
+</programlisting
+></step>
+</procedure>
+<procedure
+><title
+><acronym
+>RPM</acronym
+> packages</title>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+><command
+>rpm</command
+> allows you to use the <option
+>--prefix</option
+> option to select the folder you want to install to. For example, executing <command
+>rpm <option
+>-i --prefix=<replaceable
+>/users/myhome/kde package.rpm</replaceable
+></option
+></command
+> will install the package to <filename class="directory"
+>/users/myhome/kde</filename
+>.</para
+></step>
+</procedure>
+<para
+><note>
+<para
+>Although &kde; will run from a user folder, there are some problems with programs that require suid root, &eg; the programs in the tdeadmin package. But since they are not meant to be run by users in the first place, this is nothing to worry about.</para>
+<para
+>However, on systems using shadow passwords, the screensavers have to be suid root to enable password access for unlocking the screen, so this option will not work.</para>
+</note
+></para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+><command
+>starttde</command
+> fails with <errorname
+>can not connect to X server</errorname
+>. What is wrong?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>You probably tried to start the X server with <command
+>starttde</command
+>. The X server is started with <command
+>startx</command
+>. <command
+>starttde</command
+> is the script that should be run from your <filename
+>.xinitrc</filename
+>, <filename
+>.xsession</filename
+>, or <filename
+>.Xclients</filename
+> to activate the window manager and the necessary server daemons for &kde;. See also <xref linkend="starttde"/>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>&kde; on &AIX;?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+><acronym
+>IBM</acronym
+> now officially support &kde; on &AIX;. You can find details at <ulink url="http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/index.html"
+>http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/index.html</ulink
+>. There is also some older information at <ulink url="http://space.twc.de/~stefan/kde/aix.html"
+>http://space.twc.de/~stefan/kde/aix.html</ulink
+>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>&kde; on a laptop?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>If you can get &X-Window; to run on your laptop, you should not have any problem getting &kde; to run on it. In addition, you might find the following links helpful:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="http://www.linux-laptop.net/"
+>http://www.linux-laptop.net/</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para
+><ulink url="http://www.sanpei.org/Laptop-X/note-list.html"
+>http://www.sanpei.org/Laptop-X/note-list.html</ulink
+></para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>I have a neomagic chipset in my laptop. Is there anything special I should do to run &kde;?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>On some laptops using the 2160 chipset (MagicGraph 128XD) the following options in <filename
+>XF86Config</filename
+> are needed to avoid a lock-up of the graphic engine:</para>
+<screen
+>Option "XaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect"
+           Option "XaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"</screen>
+
+<para
+>If you have experienced desktop hangs while using &kde; please try this option.</para
+> 
+</answer
+> 
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>I do not like the default &kde; folder after installation. How do I move it without breaking anything?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>Assuming the default is <filename class="directory"
+>/opt/kde</filename
+> and you want to move it to <filename class="directory"
+>/usr/local/kde</filename
+>, here's what you have to do:</para>
+<procedure>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+>change to superuser if you aren't already</para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+><command
+>mv /opt/kde /usr/local/kde</command
+></para
+></step>
+<step performance="required"
+><para
+><command
+>ln -s /usr/local/kde /opt/kde</command
+></para
+></step>
+</procedure>
+<para
+>This will put all your &kde; files in <filename class="directory"
+>/usr/local/kde</filename
+> but everything is still accessible from <filename class="directory"
+>/opt/kde</filename
+>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>What files can I delete from my &kde; install folder? Can all the <filename
+>*.h</filename
+>, <filename
+>*.c</filename
+> and <filename
+>*.o</filename
+> files be safely removed?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>There should not be any need to keep the <filename
+>.c</filename
+> and <filename
+>.o</filename
+> files, but you might want to keep the <filename
+>.h</filename
+> files, as they are used by includes if you ever want to compile your own &kde; programs. But if you wish to add patches to the source programs as they become available (rather than downloading everything again), then they should stay.</para
+> 
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>Will I lose my current settings when I upgrade &kde;?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+
+<para
+>No. In most cases &kde; will be able to transport your settings intact. You may need to reenter passwords in some applications (such as &kmail; or &knode;) but most other settings will be safe.</para>
+
+<para
+>There were mixed reports of results between some previous versions of &kde;. To be safe, you may like to back up your entire &kde; configuration. </para>
+
+<para
+>Settings are kept in the <filename class="directory"
+>$<envar
+>HOME</envar
+>/.kde</filename
+> or <filename class="directory"
+>$<envar
+>HOME</envar
+>/.kde2</filename
+> subfolder in your home folder. Copy your old <filename class="directory"
+>.kde</filename
+>/<filename class="directory"
+>.kde2</filename
+> folder to a backup location, install &kde; 3.2, and then copy back any necessary mail and news settings. That said, most people can make a direct upgrade, without removing the old <filename class="directory"
+>.kde</filename
+> folder, without a hitch.</para>
+<para
+>You can override the use of <filename class="directory"
+>$<envar
+>HOME</envar
+>/.kde</filename
+> by setting the $<envar
+>KDEHOME</envar
+> variable.</para
+> 
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry id="greyscreen">
+<question>
+<para
+>I upgraded &kde; and it seemed to go fine, but when I start it, I get a blank grey screen, and nothing happens. There are errors in the console about DCOPserver. What's going on?</para>
+</question>
+
+<answer>
+<para
+>&kde; uses several temporary files during its operation. These are usually to be found in the following locations:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem
+><para
+><filename
+>~/.DCOPserver-*</filename
+> (there are usually two of these; one is a symlink to the other)</para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+><filename
+>~/.kde/socket-<replaceable
+>hostname</replaceable
+></filename
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+><filename
+>~/.kde/tmp-<replaceable
+>hostname</replaceable
+></filename
+> which is normally a symlink to the next file:</para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+><filename
+>/tmp/tmp-kde-<replaceable
+>USER</replaceable
+></filename
+></para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+><filename
+>~/.kde/socket-<replaceable
+>hostname</replaceable
+></filename
+> which is also normally a symlink to:</para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+><filename
+>/tmp/ksocket-<replaceable
+>USER</replaceable
+></filename
+></para
+></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para
+>If the symlinks get broken, usually because a <command
+>cron</command
+> or shutdown script is emptying out the <filename class="directory"
+>/tmp</filename
+> folder, then strange things will happen. These files, and the symlinks, will all be created automatically at the start of &kde; so you can safely remove them <emphasis
+>while &kde; is not running</emphasis
+>.</para>
+
+<para
+>If you are only getting a grey screen when you start &kde;, or if you get an error message telling you to <errorname
+>Check your installation</errorname
+>, then shut down X and delete all the files listed above, then try to restart X.</para>
+
+<para
+>Normally (&ie; when not upgrading between &kde; versions) it's quite safe to leave these files intact, and you may shave a few seconds off your &kde; startup time by doing so.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>Compiling tdebase gives me a <errorname
+>bin/sh: msgfmt: command not found</errorname
+> error!</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>You need the &GNU; <application
+>msgfmt</application
+> which is part of the &GNU; i18n package <application
+>gettext</application
+>. You should be able to download it from any &GNU; mirror.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>How do I uninstall &kde; applications compiled from source?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>You can uninstall your programs by typing <command
+>make uninstall</command
+> in the folder where you did <command
+>make install</command
+>. If you have already deleted that folder, then there is only one way, and it is not good: go to <filename class="directory"
+>$<envar
+>KDEDIR</envar
+>/bin</filename
+> and start deleting files one by one.</para>
+<para
+>If you expect to find yourself in this situation, you might want to consider a program such as &GNU; <application
+>stow</application
+>, found at <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html"
+>http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html</ulink
+>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="gif">
+<para
+>What is up with &GIF; support?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>This has to do with issues with Unisys' &LZW; patent. &GIF; support is turned off from &Qt; 1.44 onwards by default. When you want to use &GIF;s and have the relevant license, recompile &Qt; with &GIF; support. <command
+>./configure <option
+>-gif</option
+></command
+>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>How do I install &kde; themes?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>Theme support in &kde; has been discontinued with this version. However, there are many opportunities to personalise and add eye candy to &kde; Look at, for example, <guilabel
+>Appearance &amp; Themes</guilabel
+> in &kcontrol;. </para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+</qandaset>
+</chapter>