Re: stupid, but I have to ask it - how to start it up once installed
try this:
cd /etc/alternatives
ln -s /usr/bin/startkde x-window-manager
Then startx. You might have to rm the old x-window-manager first
James Smith
On Tuesday 20 March 2001 00:28, Whit wrote:
> Okay, by going to archives for this list I found the clues on how to run
> the automated kde install on a fresh potato with no desktop manager set up
> yet. Really impressed by how smoothly that ran compared to trying to use
> rpms on Red Hat. (Suggestion: put a short mention of how to invoke the
> installation in the debian.kde.net Webpages?)
>
> Yeah, so then I do a startx and I've got a kde terminal on my otherwise
> grey screen rather than the default rxvt or whatever it was after getting
> XFree up.
>
> Umm, what's the totally obvious thing to do (if I'd ever set up Debian
> before) to have the system bring up the full kde screen? (Suggestion: put a
> short mention of this on the Webpages too and you'll about have the newbie
> angle covered - providing the newbie has gotten past similar bits of
> mystery in the initial potato install.)
>
> \/\/ I-I I T
> Blauvelt
> whit@transpect.com
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