Re: Running KDE apps under GNOME

[Bob McGowan <bob_mcgowan@symantec.com>]

On 05/30/2010 04:44 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> On Sun,30.May.10, 09:28:11, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>>   
>>
>> Xfce has an option to start Gnome and/or KDE services at startup. Maybe 
>> Gnome has something similar?
>>   
> I do not know. I've just tried to find such an option by Googling, but I
> could not find any such option.
> 

I don't recall, offhand, and don't have access to a Gnome system to
check, but I think Gnome has an "auto start" function, similar to KDE's
using $HOME/.kde/Autostart to run apps you want available when you login.

Perhaps you could start a terminal, run the KDE app in the background
and do a ps to get the KDE related support services listed.  You could
add these to the auto start list.

The only thing I don't know is if these 'support services' can start
stand alone or if a front end KDE app. is needed.

If this does work but things are still too slow, you might add a local
rc startup script in /etc/{init.d,rc2.d} to start the services at boot time.

None of this is tested, just some thoughts on alternate ways to get
things going.

-- 
Bob McGowan