Chance default desktop environment

alglx · n00b Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 14

HI, well I have some troubles with my desktop environment.
What I want is kde to run automatically when i turn my computer on, well after loding gentoo.

ok, my problem is that Xfree86 is the environment that loads automatic and I want KDE.

Can you tell me what can I do, and how to do it??
Thanks a lot.

Raistlin · l33t Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 691 Location: Boston, MA

hi,

hmm, maybe you compare pears with apples; or better: peduncles with grapes...
i suggest you read THIS and THIS

there you'll find your answers

cheers, raist.
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alglx · n00b Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 14

ok, ok. I understand that kde is an environment and xfree is the window administrator or something like that, but my problem is that the first window that appears is the xfree window. It says "xfree86 project" and ask me for my user and password.
But what i want is kde to run instead of xfree log window.

ralph · Advocate Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 2001 Location: Hamburg

I'm just guessing, but I think your problem is that xdm (the X login manager) comes up instead of kdm (the kde login manager).

To change this simply edit DISPLAYMANAGER in /etc/rc.conf to DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm".

If you also want to be logged in to your user automatically you can configure this from the kde control center. (I think it's under system administration -> login manager -> convenience).

To let kde startup automatically when you boot do:
rc-update add xdm default
(Yes it is called xdm, but it will take whatever you defined in /etc/rc.conf)
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alglx · n00b Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 14

I saw the rc.conf file and it's exactly as you say.
DISPLAYMANAGER="kde"

I don't know what is the problem.
Thanks.

Any other suggest???

ralph · Advocate Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 2001 Location: Hamburg

It has to be kdm, not kde.
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alglx · n00b Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 14

ok sorry, it is "kdm" not "kde"
yeah. it's right

but i think that's not the problem.

it must be another thing but i don't know what.

snuffer · Apprentice Joined: 12 Jun 2004 Posts: 207 Location: Israel