Re: How to start KDE from a console prompt?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> startx uses ~/.xinitrc to start up the X session. In case it doesn't
> exist, then debian has some default stuff that starts whatever the
> default window manager is. Look at `update-alternatives --config
> x-window-manager` to set a different window manager as the default. 
>
> Or, write your own .xinitrc (this is what I do) to start up a session
> the way you want the simplest is to use a one line .xinitrc with
>
> exec /usr/bin/startkde
>
>
>   
I just put the bare "startkde" in my ~/.xinitrc. Of course, the method I 
use assumes I'm not doing other things in that file (which I'm not, 
other than switching between WMs via commented-out lines, as below).

My ~.xinitrc file looks something like this:

westk[@westk03]:/home/westk> cat .xinitrc
#icewm
#xterm
#wmaker
startkde
#xfce
#gnome-session

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Kent