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Zorack
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 Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 1:11 pm Post subject: TWM and KDE problem |
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hi, Just Finished Installing Gentoo With KDE, have had to use XDM as have been having troubles with KDM, But when i login using XDM its goes straight TWM instead of KDE, i can run kde in twm using the startkde command but it is a nuisance for me and i would prefer it to go straight to kde. Can Anybody help - would be greatly appreicated, thanks
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papal_authority
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You'll probably want to edit your $HOME/.xsession file to include the line startkde. Oh and twm rules 
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Do you have DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm" set in /etc/rc.conf?
EDIT: Wrong problem, I mean, do you have XSESSION="kde-3.4" in /etc/rc.conf? |
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Zorack
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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na it dident work, im still very  |
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gmwest5
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hi any body who can help, i am a friend of zoracks, he is using kde-3.2.2 and i have already gone through the rc.conf with DISPLAYMANAGER parts and the XSESSION parts, we have put startkde in the /.xinitrc although havnt done the .xsession file. although the forum may say i am a nOOb, i have 2 years full experience in linux and am taking my linux+ soon, and i have been a partner and one of the head developers in the DebXPde / Barnix Distrobution http://www.westnold-developments.uk.tt and http://www.barnix-forum.cjb.net.
This has also stumped me , i advised him to come on these forums to see what is going, on as far as i know he hasnt missed anything in the installation as i went throught most of it with him and we used the instructions.
Any body who can help it would be grately appreictated and you can go really technical as i should be able to understand it.
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ekutay
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try to add the startkde statement in your .xinitrc.
| Code: | | rm "$HOME"/.xinitrc && touch "$HOME"/.xinitrc && echo "exec startkde" >> "$HOME"/.xinitrc |
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$HOME/.xinitrc is used when you start your WM form the command line via the startx command. $HOME/.xsession is parsed when you login graphically via xdm. You may want to put the full path to the startkde command as well...
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I use gdm and I have the same problem here. I alway need to chose manually that I want kde, if I just hit Enter, he says, "gnome could not be found" an then twm is started.
| papal_authority wrote: | | $HOME/.xinitrc is used when you start your WM form the command line via the startx command. $HOME/.xsession is parsed when you login graphically via xdm. You may want to put the full path to the startkde command as well... |
Didn't change anything for me. $HOME/.xinitrc and $HOME/.xsession both contain now "exec /usr/kde/3.4/bin/startkde". Do they need a "chmod +x"? What can be the reason that the computer is trying to start gnome? Any other Config Files?
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The $HOME/.xsession and $HOME/.xinitrc files just need to be readable by you (I use 0644 for both files). AFAIK, gdm doesn't use $HOME/.xsession, it uses its own files. There's been quite a few threads about it if you search, I just can't remember where they're stored.
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| kiker99 wrote: | I use gdm and I have the same problem here. I alway need to chose manually that I want kde, if I just hit Enter, he says, "gnome could not be found" an then twm is started.
| papal_authority wrote: | | $HOME/.xinitrc is used when you start your WM form the command line via the startx command. $HOME/.xsession is parsed when you login graphically via xdm. You may want to put the full path to the startkde command as well... |
Didn't change anything for me. $HOME/.xinitrc and $HOME/.xsession both contain now "exec /usr/kde/3.4/bin/startkde". Do they need a "chmod +x"? What can be the reason that the computer is trying to start gnome? Any other Config Files?
Thanks in Advance,
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GDM has it's own selection system for what WM/DE to run so it doesn't take any notice of .xsession. I can't remember the name of the button, but you click on it and you have radio button selection of what to login to.
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