Re: Getting KDE up and running.
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999 MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
> > Remember that if you ever upgrade your xbase package (planning on moving
> > to slink when it comes out?) that it will blow away kdm to replace it with
> > the new version of xdm.
> >
>
> That is a good point - but is there another way to do it? I could set up a
> start-kdm line in config, but wouldn't that also get overridden?
No. Your config files are not overwritten. That the difference between
upgrading an existing system and completely re-installing. That's what
makes Debian so powerful. Put start-kdm in the config file, and use the
init script technique that I emailed you the other day. It really is the
most flexible way to do it, and it will cause you the fewest headaches
down the road when you start upgrading things.
> > I don't think you should do it this way. Assume for a moment that you
> > machine will have more than one user, and possibly one of your users wants
> > to run another window environment like Window Maker or Afterstep. The kde
> > clients would still get run. Plus (this is a biggie) you'll notice, if
> > you read the Xstartup and Xstartup_0 files, that THEY ARE RUN AS ROOT! Do
> > you really want all your users to be running kfm with root privilages?
> > That would be BAD.
> >
> * If I don't run the programs from Xstartup, where do I run them from? This
> was the only way I could find to run programs after xdm logs in. I could put
> them in xsession I suppose, but wouldn't that cause the same problem?
Put startkde in the first line of /etc/X11/window-managers.
> * I first thought that kfm was the file manager, but it isn't - when I didn't
> run it I couldn't run any applications, and I didn't get any icons on the
> desktop (trash and such).
kfm is the file manager. It provides the "desktop" functionality.
kfmclient is the thing that creates the file manager's windows for you to
use.
noah
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