Re: Lenny. How to start X from console with a chosen DM?

[Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta <olafrv@gmail.com>]

If you don't installed Desktop Enviroment...

And want gnome to be up

Regards.

aptitude install xserver-xorg-base xserver-xorg-base xfonts-base gnome 
gdm && /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Ji ZhengYu wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Mark Goldshtein
> <mark.goldshtein@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Debian 5 Stable.
> > System installed from KDE CD ISO. Graphic logon screen is stopped by
> >
> > # sysv-rc-conf kdm off
> >
> > So the system initially boot into plain text console. WindowMaker
> > display manager was added. Now I am trying to start X session with
> > WindowMaker
> >
> > $ exec startx WndowMaker
> >
> > X doesn't start at all. If I say:
> >
> > $ exec startx
> >
> > Then KDE X session successfully started.
> > Would you please to explain, how to start X session with WindowMaker
> > DM in Debian?
>
> Maybe this can help you,
>
> First, please create a file `~/.xinitrc' with vim, or any editors you like
>
> Then, add this line into the file
>      exec WindowMaker
>
> At last, exit and run `startx'
>
> I can start my fvwm with this method. Change WindowMaker to fvwm, and you can
> start it.
> Note: I've uninstalled all session manager, include XDM/GDM/KDM and so on.

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