Re: Debian alternatives system
Raffaele Sandrini wrote:
> I have no clue how the alternatives sytem works. May a hack directly into the
> /etc/alternatives directory? How is it managed? I like to have KDE2 and KDE3
> installed at the same time. In debian thats a alternatives thing right? How
> can i realize that. I know how to lounch KDE3 thats not the problem i have
> made a script do handle the env data. But how is that lounched via the startx
> command?
alternatives are managed using apdate-alternatives (see manpage).
the X startup is managed by scripts in /etc/X11 and by scripts in your
home directory. see /etc/X11/Xsession and /etc/X11/Xsession.d for more
info (it looks quite complicated at first sight)
erik
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