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Re: How get KDE setup as the "desktop manager"?



If you explore the Debian task list that the LMB gets you, one of the choices 
should be KDE. Mine did the same thing, and selecting the KDE item starts KDE.
Is that how it works for you?
Al Hawley in Arizona

On Wednesday 08 August 2001 18:33, tluxt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've done a potato install, and got X running.  I got an X GUI up,
> which shows a Debian task list on the left mouse button.
>
> I used Tasksel to install KDE.
>
> Now, I can get an X GUI up with the KDE login screen, but upon login I
> don't have the KDE desktop, just the same X desktop as previously.  I
> can start Konq from a shell, and access the www.
>
> Note: I get that KDE login by either or both (I don't recall now)
> booting up, or typing "startx" at a text command prompt (logged in as
> root to work on the KDE install).
>
> At the text command prompt, as root, "startkde" gives an err msg, which
> IIRC is:
> Unable to open display ""
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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