Re: kde 3.3.1 on debian testing does not start

[Bruce Sass <bsass@edmc.net>]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, rec.sea@btopenworld.com wrote:

> It is not a gdm specific problem. I have tried kdm and it starts gnome. The
> only way I have to start kde properly is to start some low level window
> manager first (for instance Xwindow from gdm) and then start kde from there
> (startkde).
<...>

Last time I looked startkde expects X to be running already, so, 
either via {k,g,w,x}dm or "startx /usr/bin/startkde ..."

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> How could I start in console instead of gdm / kdm / xdm, so that I can use
> startkde and see the logs?

I use (something along the lines of)...

alias kde="startx /usr/bin/startkde &> $HOME/tmp/kde-log &"

in my .bash_profile and simply do "kde" from a text console (not an X 
terminal).

hth


- Bruce