How to use KDE in debian and how to install nvidia linux drivers on it?
Saturday, August 20th, 2011 at
19:24
When I start Debian all I get is the shell. I have KDE and I typed startx and nothing happened. Also I downloaded the nvidia linux drivers but the file is .run and i am a total noob to UNIX-like systems. How do I install it?
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Filed under: Debian
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It is not recognizing and using your graphics card.
Debian is not the easiest distro for a person new to linux. Like the other responder said try kubuntu. It will come with kde installed and is much easier to get working. You can folow the instructions etc for ubuntu since they are based on the same system.
Good luck
lol how did that happen?
I’ve never used Debian but I didn’t think it was that easy to screw up.
Anyway my advice would be to start from scratch and install Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE) instead of trying to sort out obscure graphical problems that shouldn’t have happened in the first place. Ubuntu is based on Debian so it is very similar.
http://www.kubuntu.org/
As far as nvidia drivers go I’d recommend downloading them from the software centre or using apt-get.
Kubuntu comes with KDE by default but in future I would also recommend software centre / apt-get from installing KDE on Debian/ Ubuntu ^_^;
Try to change your .xinitrc file to launch kde.
To launch a .run do
chmod +x file.run
./file.run