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Schooner
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 Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:09 am Post subject: Installing KDE |
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Hopefully this is a quickie..
Just emerged KDE. Rebooted am able to launch KDE manually... but I don't know how to get KDE to launch automatically when the system starts up. I have been looking around and found mention of .xinitrc... but I cannot find this file anywhere on my system...
Help?
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candymanobh3
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:12 am Post subject: |
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i'm drunk(& thus lazy/working on my samba probs) or I'd help more... It's all in the forums, promise! Look, searchthe forums for:
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candymanobh3
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:17 am Post subject: |
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It's al about this portin of rc.conf: ( I couldn't leave you like that, sorry) I use gdm (gnome display manager- it's purty) to boot into kde. Set it how you wish.
| Code: | # What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm | entrance ]
DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"
# XSESSION is a new variable to control what window manager to start
# default with X if run with xdm, startx or xinit. The default behavior
# is to look in /etc/X11/Sessions/ and run the script in matching the
# value that XSESSION is set to. The support scripts is smart enouth to
# look in all bin directories if it cant find a match in /etc/X11/Sessions/,
# so setting it to "enligtenment" can also work. This is basically used
# as a way for the system admin to configure a default system wide WM,
# allthough it will work if the user export XSESSION in his .bash_profile, etc.
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# NOTE: 1) this behaviour is overridden when a ~/.xinitrc exists, and startx
# is called.
# 2) even if a ~/.xsession exist, if XSESSION can be resolved, it will
# be executed rather than ~/.xsession, else KDM breaks ...
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# Defaults depending on what you install currently include:
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# Gnome - will start gnome-session
# kde-<version> - will start startkde (ex: kde-3.0.2)
# Xsession - will start a terminal and a few other nice apps
XSESSION="kde-3.3.2"
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Schooner
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:27 am Post subject: |
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LOL - Well I greatly appreciate your time. That did it. I noticed thought that I still see the old X login screen... then KDE launches after that. Gnome had it's own customized login screen... does KDE have one too? One that looks better than the plain X login window?
Thanks again. Don't get sober bud! Have a couple on me! 
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resolute
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:27 am Post subject: |
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All you ever wanted to know about automatically starting KDE and more can be found here.
(you want sec. 3 - Graphical Login)
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gentoo2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject: login |
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| does this bring you right to KDE? or does it require you to login threw the GUI? |
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graphic23
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: login |
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| gentoo2005 wrote: | | does this bring you right to KDE? or does it require you to login threw the GUI? |
Login through teh GUI. If you wanted to directly get to KDE, I think there's a setting in gdm that allows you to do that.
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Schooner
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all for the suggestions. I'll have to try it after emerge is done with openoffice... could be a little while.
I think that I have found a good way to get a noob user a quick, easy and reliable installation though. Basically, I started with VidaLinux. I used the Anaconda install to get my base system installed. I didn't install any of the optional components (gnome, pppoe, etc). First thing when I got my system up I emerged KDE and porthole. Then I did a system wide update. I know some people say that porthole is unstable... but I haven't had any problems with it. But then again, I still have noob under my username... don't I...
The install was easy and fast, my network card worked right away with no finangling, plus I am emerging in all additional components so there's no worry about slow bin installations... it's been beautiful. It's running smooth and looks great.
I can't wait to begin exploring KDE and Gentoo more. I love porthole... emerging in software is slow but easy.
Basically, aside from the little issue I had here with getting my GUI up automatically (which has been easily resolved), life is good.
Thanks again.
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