[newbie] Um... wheres my kde?

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Title: Um... wheres my kde?

Hi,

I have been messing with trying to get kde or gnome (?) up and running, and out of windows manager for awhile, but no one has been able to help me, so I decided to join the mailing list. I have enclosed a reply from some one else's post I found in the archives. This seems to be my solution, but being so new to Linux, I'm not quite sure how to "go to /etc and edit inittab". So obvoiusly the most detail that you can respond with would be much appreciated.

Intel Celeron 500
64MB RAM
Dual boot  Win 98/Mandrake 7.0

Thanks in advance,

Joe

Archive reply follows:

*    From: David Bliss
*    Subject: Re: [newbie] oh where has my kde gone?
*    Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:13:20 -0700
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Sounds familiar, althought I am running 7.1.  This fixed my problem: log on
as root or su, go to /etc and edit inittab.  You will see: id:3:initdefault
Change it to
id:5:initdefault .  The next time you boot the system it will bring up kde.

David
----- Original Message -----
From: "_lee _kinkade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 5:40 PM
Subject: [newbie] oh where has my kde gone?


> I had kde working fine.  I went to add another user and typed startx and
> then i got the blue screen and the generic window manager and then tried
> xinit and initx and so now I have that damn generic window manager for all
> my users. I want my kde back!  Please help.  It was months ago I set this
> up.  I have Mandrake 7.02 and was running kde that i installed in May.
>
>  Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
> ---
> lee
>
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