I think this belongs on the list (sorry for the top post). Regards, Andrei On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 09:12:47PM -0800, Robert Key wrote: > Hi do this > echo "startkde" > .xinitrc > ctrld d ( to quit and save) > type startx at prompt > should work. > > > Rob Key > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:32:55 PM > Subject: Re: How to start KDE from a console prompt? > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 06:36:19PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > startx uses ~/.xinitrc to start up the X session. In case it doesn't > > exist, then debian has some default stuff that starts whatever the > > default window manager is. Look at `update-alternatives --config > > x-window-manager` to set a different window manager as the default. > > On my box I have: > > ---[ begin console paste ]--- > > think:~# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > There are 7 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'. > > Selection Alternative > ----------------------------------------------- > 1 /usr/bin/icewm > 2 /usr/bin/icewm-experimental > 3 /usr/bin/xfwm4 > *+ 4 /usr/bin/openbox > 5 /usr/bin/openbox-session > 6 /usr/bin/kwin > 7 /usr/bin/startfluxbox > > Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: > think:~# update-alternatives --config x-session-manager > > There are 3 alternatives which provide `x-session-manager'. > > Selection Alternative > ----------------------------------------------- > 1 /usr/bin/icewm-session > 2 /usr/bin/icewm-session-experimental > *+ 3 /usr/bin/xfce4-session > > Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: > think:~# > > ---[ end console paste ]---- > > On 'startx' xfce4 is started so it seems the 'x-session-manager' takes > precedence over the 'x-window-manager'. This is on a sid box (and has > been like this for a while). > > Regards, > Andrei > -- > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. > (Albert Einstein) > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
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