"Edward C. Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use a PC with an AMD Athlon64 3500+ chip and Debian unstable, i386 port. > > At about 6 PM (EDT) on April 15, 2006, I used synaptic to upgrade my > system. When I enter "startx" I now get some simple window manager > instead of KDE. An article in debian-user suggested that X was using > /usr/lib/x11/xinit/xinitrc. This seems to be correct since I am getting > the three xterms and a clock mentioned in that file. Therefore I am > probably in twm. > > I want "startx" to start KDE. Which config file changes do I need to make?
You need to create a .xinitrc in your home directory and put something like 'exec your-window-manager' in it. Or you can install kdm. This will get you a graphical login screen where you can select your window-manager/desktop-environment. > How do I exit twm? 'man twm' Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
