Re: Xorg upgrade: Getting twm not kde
"Edward C. Jones" <edcjones@comcast.net> wrote:
> I use a PC with an AMD Athlon64 3500+ chip and Debian unstable, i386 port.
>
> At about 6 PM (EDT) on April 15, 2006, I used synaptic to upgrade my
> system. When I enter "startx" I now get some simple window manager
> instead of KDE. An article in debian-user suggested that X was using
> /usr/lib/x11/xinit/xinitrc. This seems to be correct since I am getting
> the three xterms and a clock mentioned in that file. Therefore I am
> probably in twm.
>
> I want "startx" to start KDE. Which config file changes do I need to make?
You need to create a .xinitrc in your home directory and put something
like 'exec your-window-manager' in it. Or you can install kdm. This
will get you a graphical login screen where you can select your
window-manager/desktop-environment.
> How do I exit twm?
'man twm'
Andrei
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