try this: cd /etc/alternatives ln -s /usr/bin/startkde x-window-manager Then startx. You might have to rm the old x-window-manager first
James Smith On Tuesday 20 March 2001 00:28, Whit wrote: > Okay, by going to archives for this list I found the clues on how to run > the automated kde install on a fresh potato with no desktop manager set up > yet. Really impressed by how smoothly that ran compared to trying to use > rpms on Red Hat. (Suggestion: put a short mention of how to invoke the > installation in the debian.kde.net Webpages?) > > Yeah, so then I do a startx and I've got a kde terminal on my otherwise > grey screen rather than the default rxvt or whatever it was after getting > XFree up. > > Umm, what's the totally obvious thing to do (if I'd ever set up Debian > before) to have the system bring up the full kde screen? (Suggestion: put a > short mention of this on the Webpages too and you'll about have the newbie > angle covered - providing the newbie has gotten past similar bits of > mystery in the initial potato install.) > > \/\/ I-I I T > Blauvelt > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
