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Hi, after some years with Ubuntu LTS's,
I decided to try Magiea4, Xfce isn't my favourite desktop and so I downloaded KDE, but now I'm unable to find how to get it to work. Can anyone help please......thanks sarum

did you download the dual arch dvd .iso, which will only give you Xfce, make into bootable media and install the Mageia Linux system?
how did you " download " KDE?
did you install via Mageia Control Center, or download a Mageia KDE live cd or dvd .iso or a Mageia classic install .iso and make a bootable media- cd / dvd / usb?
also, is your mobo 32 or 64 bit?

Thanks for your reply. Yes I think I downloaded the dual arch iso - burnt it to DVD. KDE came from MCC. 64bit.
Sounds like mageia KDE live cd/dvd - from TradeMe might be the answer. I'm an 80 year old long term newby/forum botherer from The Thames,NZ......................sarum

So you want to know how to login to KDE? Your initial post is a bit unclear about what exactly the problem is.

Hello Sarum

Not toooooo far from me then - welcome to Mageia.
If you installed task-kde4-minimal you should have everything you need for kde desktop.
go back to MCC, go to the bottom tab ,should be boot,
change the display manager to KDM [ KDE Display Manager ]
log out, not reboot.
logout is from the menu, under applications
at the login screen, there will be an icon to choose a different desktop.

not a Xfce user myself, so I am working from memory here.
depending on your available bandwidth, you could also just download the kde-live dvd.iso and burn it to disk and reinstall.

if you send me an email- under my name to the right of this post, I can send you a disk if you wish.

Benmc

benmc wrote:go back to MCC, go to the bottom tab ,should be boot,
change the display manager to KDM [ KDE Display Manager ]
log out, not reboot.
logout is from the menu, under applications
at the login screen, there will be an icon to choose a different desktop.

There's no need to change the display manager to be able to login to KDE. The latter three lines are sufficient.

Thanks for all your help everyone. I down loaded the Mageia KDE iso and reinstalled, all is working well again...sarum

Please sarum, don't forget to mark the topic [SOLVED].
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Write [SOLVED] to the left of subject/title, thanks ahead.