On Tuesday 23 August 2005 14:31, Matthias Kilian wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 08:52:40PM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > > Because startkde is a script that will invoke startx which will by > > default (meaning if you don't have a .xinitrc in your homedir) use > > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc where xconsole is started from. > > startkde does > > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/startx $0 > > if DISPLAY is unset or empty, i.e. it runs startx with it's own > name as the client, and startx shouldn't run xinitrc but startkde > in this case. Indeed after looking at startx (which is a script, too), > it should just run > > xinit /usr/local/bin/startkde -- > > near the end, and xinit in turn should then use /usr/local/bin/startkde > as the client program (and not ~/.xinitrc or even /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc). > > However, this *only* works if the client (startkde, in this case) > is passed with a absolute or relative pathname (see that case > statement in startx). > > So, if startkde is explicitely invoked as /usr/local/bin/startkde > (instead of just startkde), it should work. > > Ciao, > Kili
This post is a keeper! :-) Thanks! Dave > -- Tired of having to defend against Malware? (You know: trojans, viruses, SPYWARE, ADWARE, KEYLOGGERS, rootkits, worms and popups) Then Switch to OpenBSD with a KDE desktop!!!
