On Wed, 07 Jul 1999, Ken Wilson wrote:
> >%_I have my system set up to boot to the Linux shell, not to any of the
> windows programs.
>
> If I type startx, I think it comes up in KDE. If I type 'X', I get a gray
> screen.
>
> I know there are a bunch of others on my system so I poked around and ran
> /etc/X11/prefdm and I get a nice program that gives me selections of
> windows type programs to go into. It is in kind of a weird location, so I
> think there must be a more proper way but it works for gnome, KDE and
> everything. No gray screens. The strangest part is it wants a user name and
> password to enter.
>
> I have everything working, but I think I'm missing something very simple
> here somewhere. If the way I'm doing things isn't the standard way, what is
> the way to enter from within Linux Shell?
Don't type "X". Typeing "startx" is the usual and customary way to start the X
Window System. Whether or not you are then in KDE or not depends. If there is
a "K" icon in the lower left corner, then it's KDE. If it's a "footprint"
instead, it's Gnome. Then again, you might be running a plain vanilla window
manager.
I don't think prefdm is the program you want. It sounds like something that
configures xdm, which is the graphical login, instead of the command line
login. To configure X Windows, you'll need to edit the ".xinitrc" file (don't
forget the period!). To use KDE, just type "usekde" and it will change your
.xinitrc file for you. To use Gnome, you'll have to edit it manually (am I
correct?). However, under both Redhat and Mandrake 6.0, you can switch desktops
using the switchdesk tool. Under KDE, this is under the System menu. Under
Gnome, this is under the KDE->System menu. There is also a command line version
of this.
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