Re: How to start KDE from a console prompt?
Ron Johnson wrote:
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> Hi,
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> To enter GNOME, I type "startx". I tried entering KDE by typing
> "startkde" which I what I remember doing a couple of years ago when
> I last tried it. But it can't start X.
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> Anyone have any clues?
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> $ startkde
> xsetroot: unable to open display ''
> xset: unable to open display ""
> xsetroot: unable to open display ''
Others have given you good suggestions. Another approach is to just do
xinit
and once X starts, there will be an xterm in which you can type startkde.
hth
raju
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