On Saturday 21 May 2005 10:27, ZeeGeek wrote: > On 5/21/05, cfk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 20 May 2005 22:55, Nick Rout wrote: > > > Read the Fine Manual > > > > Which "Fine Manual" are we talking about here for kde and where might it > > be > > found? > > > > > set the DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm line in /etc/rc.conf > > > > > > then > > > > > > rc-update add xdm boot > > > > > > /etc/init.d/xdm start > > > > > > On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 19:09 -0700, cfk wrote: > > > > Thank you for the help on "keepwork". Next question. > > > > > > > > My computer has spend the day emerging kde. > > > > > > > > The function 'startx' does work with 'twm'. > > > > > > > > So, I can test kde before changing /etc/X11/initrc/xinitrc from 'twm > > > > &' > > > > > > to 'kde &", what is a good way to do that? > > > > > > > > Charles > > > > > > -- > > > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I've set in /etc/rc.conf DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm and invoked 'rc-update add > > xdm boot'. I have also created (in /root) an .xinitrc with startkde in it > > as mentioned in a previous post last night. > > > > When I reboot the computer, I now get a slightly different version of twm > > but > > no kde. > > > > I can invoke some kde programs such as kwrite, khexedit and all their > > widgets > > are rendering, so I think I am very close, but not quite able to get kde > > to > > startup in Gentoo yet. > > > > Some suggestions on areas to look would be appreciated. > > > > Charles Krinke > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > if you use xdm, then you won't need .xinitrc in your home directory, this > file is for startx. iirc > try to put XSESSION="kde" in your /etc/rc.conf Thank you all. I have gotten my first Gentoo system up to the KDE stage and can now emerge from an X-Windows terminal, so I'm going for kdevelop and a few others next.
Charles Krinke -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
