On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > i am wanting to start kde as my default x-windows manager > > > > i am going to edit my ~/.xinitrc with the following > > > > exec <windowmanager> currently set to wmaker > > > > what do i specify for KDE????? > > > kwm > That's a wrong answer. You should do this : ---- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which kde /usr/bin/kde ---- so the .xinitrc line shoud be : exec /usr/bin/kde
kwm is only the windowmanager part of KDE ---- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /usr/bin/kde #!/bin/sh # # DEFAULT KDE STARTUP SCRIPT ( KDE-1.1 ) # # initialize the configuration first. kcontrol -init # Start the common desktop tools in the background. # The sleeps reduce disk usage during startup. # kaudioserver will put itself in the background automagically kaudioserver (exec kwmsound) & # Add -ncols 96 after kfm if using a 8-bit display (exec kfm) & (exec krootwm) & (exec kpanel) & (exec kbgndwm) & # finally, give the session control to the window manager exec kwm ---- As you can see, /usr/bin/kde executes some other progs too (like kfm or kpanel), which are essential parts of KDE.