Re: stupid, but I have to ask it - how to start it up once installed
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Am Tuesday 20 March 2001 19:40 schrieb Whit:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 01:32:30AM -0500, James Smith wrote:
> > 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
>
> Thanks for the advice. But it doesn't do the trick. I still just get a
> konsole session in the midst of a grey screen.
For updating /etc/alternatives there is a tool in Debian called update-alternatives.
I'm not sure, but on unstable a switch from x-window-manager to a separation of
x-session-manager and x-window-manager seems to have occured.
Because kde2 currently starts it's own window manager kwin on startup the entry x-window-manager
entry in /etc/alternatives may not be of any use. For me its missing on unstable, but x-session-manager
does the trick.
If you are running unstable or testing, try the following as root:
update-alternatives --remove x-window-manager /usr/bin/kde2
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-session-manager x-session-manager /usr/bin/kde2 50
Now kde2 should start up if you type "startx" on the prompt.
Does anybody know what the status of the x-session-manager and x-window-manager separation is?
Is it possibly to run for ex. the blackbox window manager with kde2 as soon as x-window-manager
points to blackbox?
Is this the correct meaning of x-window-manager and x-session-manager, or does it mean that
x-window-manager is for window manager only environments like fvwm or such
and x-session-manager is for session manager with their own window managers like kde and
gnome, any hints?
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