Re: 2.0.1 refuses to start
> I installed the latest series of packages from kde.tdyc.com just now on
> another machine of mine. As usual, I ran 'update-alternatives --config x-
> window-manager' to reset x-window-manager to KDE (for some reason it goes back
> to enlightenment every single time there's any major update to KDE2).
> However, instead of seeing a kde2 executable in the list, I saw it had been
> changed to /usr/bin/kwin. Fine, I say to myself, and select that one.
>
> Logging in from xdm winds up with a blank screen and the X cursor, and nothing
> running that I can see using 'top'. Same with running startx from a user
> account. I see that /usr/bin/kde2 still exists and was installed at the same
> time as /usr/bin/kwin. What's the deal?
yes...kwin doesn't seem to wanna work as a window manager... :)
kde2 does still exist but it is not a window manager...it is a session manager.
And Debian policy states that it cannot be a x-window-manager since it's a
session manager.
A x-session-manager option is being discussed currently...but until then there
is not going to be a default startx option for KDE. (you can always add your
own manually). I'm still doing some testing and tweaking to find other ways
around this...
Ivan
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