Install KDE 2 from source

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[ Download and install required packages starting with kdelibs, then kdebase ].

Add /usr/local/kde/bin to your default login profile (usually in /etc/profile, something like export PATH=$PATH:....:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/kde/bin).

Edit your /etc/inittab file. If you're not running Slackware (which is already set up), edit/replace the line that starts with x:5:respawn::

x:5:respawn:/usr/local/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon

Restart the init process (which is always PID 1)

kill -HUP 1

Finally, from the kdebase-2.2.2 source directory run:

./kdm/kfrontend/genkdmconf --no-old

(this will generate a generic kdmrc file without using any existing XFree86 files as defaults)

Finally - to clean things up you will want to edit:

/usr/local/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc

And uncomment and edit this line:

MinShowUID=100

If you can start KDM and log into KDE sucessfully (run /sbin/init 5), then make it your default by editing /etc/inittab again. (Use runlevel 4 for Slackware).

id:5:initdefault:

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