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Hi

I've quite the same problem

I've build KDE 3.3.1 with konstuct under Mandrake 10.0 with my user profile. So my kde 3.3.1 root is in ~/kde3.3.1.

I've read the readme for konstruct that says :

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After installation you have to set some variables allowing your system to find
KDE binaries and libraries and KDE to allow to find its own files, for Bash:

export QTDIR=~/kde3.3.1
export KDEDIR=~/kde3.3.1
export KDEDIRS=~/kde3.3.1

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/kde3.3.1/lib
export PATH=~/kde3.3.1/bin:$PATH

Setting KDEHOME too, e.g. "export KDEHOME=~/.kdetest", will tell KDE to save
your settings to this directory and leave default ~/.kde directory unaffected.

And I've found a post on dot.kde that talks about integration in kdm : http://dot.kde.org/1043732923/1043958024/

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Try this:
Create a file in /etc/X11/wmsession.d/ called 20KDE3.1
and put the following in it:
____
NAME=KDE 3.1
ICON=kde-wmsession.xpm
DESC=The K Desktop Environment
EXEC=/home/(your user name)/bin/startkde
SCRIPT:
exec /home/(your user name)/bin/startkde
____
(don't put the lines in it.)

And then, create a file in /usr/bin/ called "startkde3.1" (must exactly match).
next, chmod +x /usr/bin/startkde3.1, so it's executable, then edit it and put in the following:
____
#!/bin/sh
export PATH=/home/(your user name)/bin/:$PATH
export PATH=(path to Qt)/bin:$PATH
export KDEDIR=/home/(your user name)/
export QTDIR=(path to Qt)
/home/(your user name)/bin/startkde
____
I forgot: to have kdm apply these changes, do the following command as root:
/usr/sbin/fndSession
, and then in kdm, choose "Menu : Restart X Server".

Now, I've these files :
/etc/X11/wmsession.d/20KDE3.3.1:
[code:1]NAME=KDE3.3.1
ICON=kde-wmsession.xpm
DESC=KDE 3.3.1
EXEC=/home/dumoulin/kde3.3.1/bin/startkde
SCRIPT:
exec /home/dumoulin/kde3.3.1/bin/startkde
[/code:1]
/usr/bin/startkde3.3.1
[code:1]#!/bin/sh
export QTDIR=~/kde3.3.1
export KDEDIR=~/kde3.3.1
export KDEDIRS=~/kde3.3.1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/kde3.3.1/lib
export PATH=~/kde3.3.1/bin:$PATH
export KDEHOME=~/.kdetest
/home/dumoulin/kde3.3.1/bin/startkde
[/code:1]

I've launched /usr/sbin/fndSession as root after stop the dm service, and then I've restarted the same dm service.

I've now kde3.3.1 in the kdm "session type" menu, and try it

But, it don't works well. It uses my standard KDE directory (.kde) and not those for test (.kdetest). And I have errors in ~/.xsession taht refers to my actual KDE (3.2) installation. I deduce that my ENV variables are not correctly recorded.

SO I've tried without kdm.
I've stopped the dm service and tried to launch my script /usr/bin/startkde3.3.1. But it doesn't works, it says "No X found" or something like that.

That's all
An idea ?