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Re: x-window-manager link



If you create an .xinitrc and put the startkde command in that file, it
should work.  

On Wed, 2001-10-10 at 10:29, Mark R. Millsap wrote:
> 
> Andy,
> 
> I don't have/can't find a '.xinitrc' file.  Nearest thing I can come up with 
> is .Xsession file, but putting 'startkde' as last line in there doesn't do it.
> 
> I would like to issue a 'startx' command at the command line and end up with 
> the KDE desktop loaded.
> 
> I can now get to the KDE desktop by issuing the 'xinit' command and then the 
> 'startkde' command in the X login window.  Trouble there is if I try to close 
> the X login window, X stops and I'm back at the command line.
> 
> Close.....  I feel I'm close, but just not quite there.  Must be something 
> simple!
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> ===============================================
> On Tuesday 09 October 2001 17:54, Andy Bastien wrote:
> The script that start KDE is /usr/bin/startkde.  All that should be
> necessary is to put that as the last line in your .xinitrc
> 
> On Tue, 2001-10-09 at 17:25, Glen S Mehn wrote:
> > KDE isn't a window manager, it's a desktop environment.
> >
> > try 'apt-get install kdm', and start it from kdm.
> >
> > (disclaimer-- I use gnome, not kde, but I know that you need a window
> > manager underlying kde/gnome)
> >
> > glen
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark R. Millsap [mailto:mark@uotta.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 02:05 PM
> > To: Stefano Zacchiroli; debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: RE: x-window-manager link
> >
> >
> >
> > Ohh... bummer.
> >
> > Here is what I get when I tried the command you suggested:
> >
> > There is only 1 program which provides x-window-manager
> > (/usr/bin/X11/twm).  Nothing to configure.
> >
> > Now what????
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stefano Zacchiroli [mailto:zack@debian.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:37 AM
> > To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: x-window-manager link
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:33:39AM -0400, Mark R. Millsap wrote:
> > > In the /usr/bin/x-window-manager is a link pointing to
> > > /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager file, which in turn is a link to
> > > /usr/bin/X11/twm.
> > >
> > > I would like to be able to start the KDE desktop from the command line
> >
> > with
> >
> > > the 'startx' command.
> >
> >    update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
> >
> > and choose the window manager you prefer.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > --
> > Stefano "Zack" Zacchiroli <zack@cs.unibo.it> ICQ# 33538863
> > Home Page: http://www.cs.unibo.it/~zacchiro
> > Undergraduate student of Computer Science @ University of Bologna, Italy
> >                  - Information wants to be Open -
> 
> 
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